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Nantes
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nantes
English
Etymology
en :bor fr:Nantes + 1
Pronunciation
en /nɑːnt(s)/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Nantes.wav Southern England
Proper noun
en Q12191en fpref dept:pref/Loire-Atlantique c/France ; capital city r:pref/Pays de la Loire Brittany, France, in historical Brittany.
en 2 October 2026 Dan Sales Riot police clash with students as education protests rage in France https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck3r5dxxwqzpo BBC News The protests began last week in the capital Paris and have spread across the country, with cities including Montpellier, Nantes and Marseille affected. 2 October 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20261008003129/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ck3r5dxxwqzpo
en 2 October 2026 Hugh Schofield School protests send shivers down French government's spine BBC News Violence has erupted. On Thursday the main hall of a lycée in Nantes was destroyed by fire. 5 October 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20261004231636/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c69wzjjxex8po
en municipality in rcomun:Suf/Le Granit r:suf/Estrie p/Quebec c/Canada.
en municipality in the s:pref/São Paulo c/Brazil.
Translations
a city in western France
Breton: br Naoned
Catalan: ca Nantes f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 南特
French: fr Nantes f
Galician: gl Nantes
Gallo: roa-gal Naunnt
German: de Nantes n
Macedonian: mk Нант m
Occitan: oc Nantas f
Old Norse: non Namsborg f
Portuguese: pt Nantes f
Romanian: ro Nantes
Russian: ru Нант m
Anagrams
en aennst anenst annets tensan
Catalan
Proper noun
f
ca Nantes Q12191
French
Etymology
fr cel-gau cel-pro
From fr la Portus Namnetum, from the name of the en Namnetes, a local Gaulish tribe.
Pronunciation
fr Fr-Paris--Nantes.ogg Paris
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-Nantes.wav <<France>> (<<Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-Nantes.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>)
Proper noun
fr Nantes Q12191
Derived terms
fr nantais, fr Nantais
Anagrams
fr ansent, fr tannes
Portuguese
Pronunciation
pt Nan tes
Proper noun
pt Nantes Q12191
pt municipality s:pref/São Paulo c/Brazil Nantes