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Catalan
ca:
Etymology
From ca la Bisildunum, further etymology unknown. Possibly:
From ca eu - or ca xib *Biosildun, from *bios 'heart' (compare ca eu bihotz); *il 'city' (compare ca xib ili or ca euq-pro *ili); -dun 'possessor of' (compare ca eu -dun)Joan Coromines Joan Coromines BESALÚ Onomasticon Cataloniae Volume II https://oncat.iec.cat/veuredoc.asp?id=8460 1994.
From ca cel-pro - or ca xce *Bisuldunom, from unknown *bisul and ca cel-pro *dūnom.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
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ca small village comarca/Garrotxa#Catalan p/Girona acomm/Catalonia c/Spain
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