Meduana

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. Compare the hydronymy of several other rivers in Europe: the Main in Germany; the Minho in Iberia; the Meon in England, all perhaps connected to Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to go past”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Meduāna m sg (genitive Meduānae); first declension

  1. a river in France, now the Mayenne

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Meduāna
genitive Meduānae
dative Meduānae
accusative Meduānam
ablative Meduānā
vocative Meduāna

Descendants

  • French: Mayenne
  • French: Maine

References

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