Garumna

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably from Gaulish *garunda (shallows, riverbank) or "rough, grassy," from Proto-Celtic *garwos << Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (to bristle). Or, possibly from an Aquitanian hydronym meaning "stony river."

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Garumna m sg (genitive Garumnae); first declension

  1. One of the longest rivers in France, the Garonne

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Garumna
genitive Garumnae
dative Garumnae
accusative Garumnam
ablative Garumnā
vocative Garumna

Descendants

  • Catalan: Garona
  • French: Garonne
  • Ancient Greek: Γαρούνας (Garoúnas), Γαρύνας (Garúnas)
  • Occitan: Garona

References

  • Taylor, Isaac (1898): Names and Their Histories: A Handbook of Historical Geography and Topographical Nomenclature

Further reading

  • Garumna”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Garumna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.