Vannes

See also: vannes and vannés

English

Etymology

French Vannes

Proper noun

Vannes

  1. A town, the capital of the Morbihan department, Brittany, France.

Translations

French

Etymology

The Roman name was Latin Veneti, a Gaulish/Celtic tribe whose name likely shares a Proto-Indo-European origin with other similar sounding tribes, from Proto-Celtic *wenyā (“kindred, family”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive”). More at Veneti.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /van/
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Proper noun

Vannes ?

  1. Vannes
  • vannetais, Vannetais

References
  • Whatmough, Joshua (2015): The Foundations of Roman Italy
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