Caen

See also: caen

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French Caen, from Old French Caem, Cahom, likely from Latin *Catumagus.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Caen

A city in the Calvados department, Normandy, France.

Translations

city in Calvados, France

Arabic: كان (ar) (Kān)
French: Caen (fr)
Greek: Καέν (el) f (Kaén)
Latin: Cadomum
Macedonian: Кан m (Kan)
Marathi: कां (kā̃)
Occitan: Can
Turkish: Caen

Anagrams

-ance, CanE, Cane, Cena, Nace, acne, ance, cane

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French Caem, Cahom, likely inherited from Latin *Catumagus, 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 ?

Caen (a city and commune, the prefecture of the department of Calvados, France)

Derived terms

References

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

Anagrams

cane

Spanish

Proper noun

Caen ?

Caen

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