Avignon

Avignon

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Avignon, Occitan Avinhon.

Proper noun

Avignon

1. A city, the capital of the Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

Related terms

• Avignon berry

Translations

city in Provence

Armenian: Ավինյոն (hy) (Avinyon) Catalan: Avinyó (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 阿維尼翁／阿维尼翁 (Āwéiníwēng), 亞維農／亚维农 (Yàwéinóng) French: Avignon (fr) m Galician: Aviñón (gl) German: Avignon (de) n Greek: Αβινιόν (el) (Avinión) Italian: Avignone f Japanese: アヴィニョン (Avinyon) Latin: Avenio f Macedonian: Авињо́н m (Avinjón) Occitan: Avinhon (oc) Polish: Awinion (pl) m Portuguese: Avinhão Russian: Авиньо́н m (Avinʹón) Spanish: Aviñón (es) m Turkish: Avignon (tr)

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French

Etymology

From Occitan Avinhon, from Latin Aveniō, Aveniōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.vi.ɲɔ̃/

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• Rhymes: -ɔ̃

Proper noun

Avignon m

1. Avignon (a city in France)
2. A regional county municipality of Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada.

Derived terms

• Avignonnais

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Avignon f

1. Alternative form of Avinhão