Cayenne

Cayenne

See also: cayenne

English

Etymology

From French Cayenne, a form of Guyana.[1] But said by the French to be from French cayenne (“naval barracks, shore kitchen”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɪˈɛn/, /keɪˈɛn/

Proper noun

Cayenne

1. The capital city of the French Guiana department.

Translations

capital city of French Guiana

Antillean Creole: Kayenn, Kayèn Arabic: كَايِين‎ m (kayīn) Catalan: Caiena f Chinese: Mandarin: 開雲／开云 (zh) (Kāiyún), 卡宴 (zh) (Kǎyàn) Dutch: Cayenne (nl) n Esperanto: Kajeno Franco-Provençal: Cayene f French: Cayenne (fr) f German: Cayenne (de) n Guianese Creole: Kayenn f Haitian Creole: Kayèn Italian: Caienna f Japanese: カイエンヌ (Kaiennu) Korean: 카옌 (ko) (Kayen) Latin: Caienna f Marathi: कायेन n (kāyen) Occitan: Caièna f Polish: Kajenna (pl) f Portuguese: Caiena (pt) Russian: Кайе́нна f (Kajénna) Sardinian: Cajenna f Spanish: Cayena (es) f Vietnamese: Cay-en

See also

• cayenne

References

1. Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “cayenne”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

• Cayenne on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

Etymology

From cayenne (“navy barracks”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.jɛn/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Cayenne f

1. Cayenne (the capital city of the French Guiana department)

See also

• piment de Cayenne
• poivre de Cayenne

Further reading

• Cayenne on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈjɛn/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Cayenne n (proper noun, genitive Cayennes or (optionally with an article) Cayenne)

1. Cayenne (the capital city of the French Guiana department)