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Caen
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caen
English
Etymology
en enm Caen, enm Cane, enm Cadomy, from en fro Caem, fro Cahom, likely from en la *Catumagus; the modern pronunciation is a refashioning after modern fr Caen.
Pronunciation
en /kɑn/ /kɑ̃/ /kɒ̃/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Caen.wav Southern England
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Caen2.wav Southern England
en ɑn 1
Proper noun
en city department/Calvados region/Normandy c/France.
Translations
city in Calvados, France
Arabic: ar كان
French: fr Caen
Greek: el Καέν f
Latin: la Cadomum
Macedonian: mk Кан m
Marathi: mr कां
Occitan: oc Can
Turkish: tr Caen
Anagrams
en acen -ance CanE Cane Cena Nace acne ance cane
French
fr:
Etymology
fr cel
fr fro Caem, fro Cahom, likely fr la *Catumagus 1, from fr cel-gau *catu-, a word used to describe military activity (see fr cel-pro *katus), + cel-gau *magos field.René Lepelley, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de communes de Normandie, P.U.C., Corlet, Caen, Condé-sur-Noireau, 1996)
Pronunciation
Can
fr Fr-Caen.ogg
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-Caen.wav <<France>> (<<Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Caen.wav France
Proper noun
fr a <<city>> and <<commune>>, the <<fpref>> of the <<dept:pref/Calvados>>, <<c/France>> Caen
Derived terms
fr Caennais
fr caennais
fr tripes à la mode de Caen
References
Anagrams
fr cane
Spanish
Proper noun
en Caen