Saint-Malo

See also: St. Malo

English

Proper noun

Saint-Malo

  1. A walled port city in Ille-et-Vilaine department, on the north coast of Brittany, France.
  2. A municipality in Coaticook Regional County Municipality, Estrie, Quebec, Canada, on the border with the United States, named after Saint-Malo in France.

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French

Etymology

Said to be named after Saint Malo of Wales, whose name could be from Old Breton machlou, from mach (hostage, warrant) + lou (beautiful, bright, brilliant) (probably from the same source as Gaulish leux (light, brilliance)).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛ̃.ma.lo/
  • Audio (Paris):(file)

Proper noun

Saint-Malo m

  1. Saint-Malo (a city in Brittany, France)

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References

  1. ^ Léon Fleuriot, Les Origines de la Bretagne, ed. Payot, 1982, p. 150 and 281