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Fons
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fons fōns föns føns Föns Fons
Dutch
Pronunciation
nl /fɔns/
nl Nl-Fons.ogg
nl Fons
nl ɔns
Etymology 1
nl Alfons.
Proper noun
m
nl male Alfons
Etymology 2
First attested as foeldinze in 1386. Borrowed from nl fy Fûns, derived in turn from nl ofs Foldo a personal name suffixed with the collectivising suffix ofs -ingi-.
Proper noun
n
nl hamlet mun/Leeuwarden p/Friesland c/Netherlands
References
French
fr:
Etymology
fr oc Fònts. fr Fons outre Gardon attested on the Cassini map (1740s).
Pronunciation
fonse
fr fonce fonces foncent
Proper noun
m
fr village dept/Gard r/Occitania c/France Fons
fr Fons-outre-Gardon
Descendants
en Fons 1
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