Caen

See also: caen

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɑn/, /kɑ̃/, /kɒ̃/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑn

Proper noun

Caen

  1. A city in the Calvados department, Normandy, France.

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French

Etymology

Likely from Gaulish *catu-, a word used to describe military activity (see Proto-Celtic *katus), + *magos (“field”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɑ̃/
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Caen ?

  1. Caen (a city and commune, the fpref of the department of Calvados, France)

Derived terms

References
  1. René Lepelley, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de communes de Normandie, P.U.C., Corlet, Caen, Condé-sur-Noireau, 1996)

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Spanish

Proper noun

Caen ?

  1. Caen
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