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Macon
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macon Mâcon maçon Macoń
English
Etymology 1
An anglicized form of en fr Mâcon, from earlier fr Mascon and en la-med Masconis, a syncopated form of la-med Madasconis and la Matisco, probably from en cel-gau matus bear and a suffix equivalent to la -iscus -ish: forming adjectives.
Alternative forms
Mâcon
Pronunciation
en /ˈmakɒ̃/ /ˈmɑːkɒ̃/ RP
en /mɑˈkɔn/ GA
Proper noun
en Mâcon, a city in France.
Noun
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A dry red or white burgundy wine produced around Mâcon or extremely similar to such wines.
Synonyms
en Maconnais; en Mascon obsolete
Etymology 2
Named in honor of Nathaniel Macon.
Pronunciation
en /ˈmeɪkən/ GA
Proper noun
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en.
en city/county seat co/Bibb County s/Georgia c/USA, with which it is now consolidated as Macon-Bibb County.
en Alaa Elassar A small boutique survived the coronavirus pandemic by live streaming fashion shows on Facebook w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/16/us/business-owner-pandemic-fashion-shows-facebook-trnd 2020-08-16 Virginia Sharp, owner of Daemarii’s Unique Boutique in Macon, Georgia, was one of them. But instead of surrendering to the circumstances, she came up with an innovative way to reach customers. https://web.archive.org/web/20261018001515/https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/16/us/business-owner-pandemic-fashion-shows-facebook-trnd 18 October 2026
en Marnie Hunter How the Southern city of Macon went from ‘ghost town’ to ‘popping’ destination w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/23/travel/macon-georgia-best-towns-america 2024-06-23 Revis, who moved to Macon two-and-a half years ago to work on the park effort, noted that after the Muscogee (Creek) were removed to Oklahoma, the site became a slave plantation. https://web.archive.org/web/20240810070345/https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/23/travel/macon-georgia-best-towns-america
en city/county seat co/Noxubee County s/Mississippi c/USA.
en city/county seat co/Macon County s/Missouri c/USA.
Derived terms
en Macon County
en Maconite
References
Mâcon n¹ 111915 2020
Anagrams
en acmno Coman ancom
en 2-syllable words eponyms
en Wines