Louvain

Louvain

English

Alternative forms

• Leuven (borrowed from Dutch)

Etymology

Borrowed from French Louvain.

Proper noun

Louvain

1. The capital city of the province of Flemish Brabant in Belgium.

Translations

Belgian city

Arabic: لوفان‎ Armenian: Լուվեն (Luven) Bulgarian: Льовен (Ljoven) Catalan: Lovaina Chinese: Mandarin: 魯汶／鲁汶 (zh) (Lǔwèn), 勒芬 (Lèfēn), 勒文 (Lèwén), 盧萬／卢万 (Lúwàn) Czech: Lovaň (cs) Dutch: Leuven (nl) n Esperanto: Loveno Finnish: Leuven French: Louvain (fr) m German: Löwen (de) n Greek: Λέουβεν (Léouven) Hebrew: לוון‎ Italian: Lovanio Japanese: ルーヴェン (Rūven) Latin: Lovanium Limburgish: Leuve Lithuanian: Leuvenas Luxembourgish: Léiwen Occitan: Lovaina Polish: Lowanium Portuguese: Lovaina Romanian: Louvain Russian: Лёвен (Ljóven) Serbo-Croatian: Лувен Spanish: Lovaina (es) Swedish: Leuven Walloon: Lovin West Flemish: Leuven

Anagrams

• Luviano

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French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Luvanium, Latinized from a Viking/North Germanic or Frankish name *Loven, composed of *lo (“forest, clearing”) + *hvein (“swamp, marsh”), from Proto-Germanic *hwainō, *hwin- (“swamp; moor”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱʷeyn- (“to soil; mud; filth”), thus meaning "swamp near the forest."[1][2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lu.vɛ̃/
• Hyphenation: Lou‧vain
• Rhymes: -ɛ̃

Proper noun

Louvain ?

1. Capital city of the province of Flemish Brabant in Belgium

Derived terms

• Louvain-la-Neuve
• louvaniste

See also

• Leuven (in Dutch)

References

1. Justus Lipsius, Leuven - Beschrijving van de stad en haar universiteit, p. 53
2. J. A. Torfs, Geschiedenis van Leuven van den vroegsten tijd tot op heden, p. 24