Perpignan

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Perpignan, from Latin Perpenniānum, from the given name Perpenna.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɜːpɪnjɒn/, /-jɒŋ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌpɝpiˈnjɑn/, /ˌpɝpɪnjɑn/, /-ˈjɑŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɒn, -ɒŋ, -ɑːn

Proper noun

Perpignan

  1. A city, the capital of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, France, formerly in Languedoc-Roussillon.

Translations

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin Perpenniānum, from the given name Perpenna, an Etruscan name.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛʁ.pi.ɲɑ̃/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑ̃

Proper noun

Perpignan m

  1. Perpignan (a city in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, France)
    Holonym: Roussillon
    Meronyms: Bas-Vernet, Château-Roussillon, Clos Banet, Mailloles, Mas Guérido, Moulin-à-Vent, Saint-Assiscle, Saint-Gaudérique, Saint-Martin

Derived terms

References

  • Sandys, Sir John Edwin (1913): A Companion to Latin Studies

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French Perpignan.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /peʁ.pĩˈɲɐ̃/ [peh.pĩˈj̃ɐ̃]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /peɾ.pĩˈɲɐ̃/ [peɾ.pĩˈj̃ɐ̃]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /peʁ.pĩˈɲɐ̃/ [peχ.pĩˈj̃ɐ̃]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /peɻ.piˈɲɐ̃/

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃

Proper noun

Perpignan f

  1. Perpignan (a city in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, France)
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