Bayeux

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Bayeux, from Old French Baios, Baieus, from Late Latin Baiocae, from Latin Baiocassī, from Gaulish *Bodiocasses (a tribe name, literally “blond curls”) (compare Old Irish buidechass).

Compare the surrounding region of Bessin (Old French Beissin), from Late Latin (pagus) Baiocassīnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɪˈjɜː/, /baɪˈjuː/

Proper noun

Bayeux

1. A town in northern Normandy, France; noted for the Bayeux Tapestry.

Translations

town in Normandy

• French: Bayeux (fr)

  Old French: Baex

• Latin: Augustodūrum n
• Marathi: बाइयू (bāiyū)