Ossun
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French Ossun, itself from Occitan Ossun.
Proper noun
Ossun
- A town in Hautes-Pyrénées department, Occitania, France.
Proper noun
Ossun (plural Ossuns)
- A surname from French [in turn from Occitan].
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ossun”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Forebears
French
Etymology
(Town): Oſsun attested on the Cassini map (1740s).
Proper noun
Ossun f
- Ossun (a town in Hautes-Pyrénées department, Occitania, France)
Proper noun
Ossun m or f by sense
- a surname from Occitan
Derived terms
Related terms
- Dossun
- Ozun
Descendants
- → English: Ossun
Further reading
- Michel Grosclaude, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de famille gascons, Orthez, per noste, 2003, →ISBN, page 202
- filae.com
- Forebears (French)
- Géoportail, Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière, 2019