Avignon

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Avignon, Occitan Avinhon.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈævɪnjɒn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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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

• Arabic: أفنيون
• Armenian: Ավինյոն (hy) (Avinyon)
• Bulgarian: Авиньо́н m (Avinjón)
• 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)
• Marathi: आविन्याँ (āvinyŏ̃)
• Occitan: Avinhon (oc)
• Persian: اوینیون
• Polish: Awinion (pl) m
• Portuguese: Avinhão
• Russian: Авиньо́н m (Avinʹón)
• Spanish: Aviñón (es) m
• Turkish: Avignon (tr)

French

Etymology

From Occitan Avinhon, from Latin Aveniōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.vi.ɲɔ̃/

• Audio:

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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

Portuguese

Proper noun

Avignon f

1. Alternative form of Avinhão