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Ayn.

A commune of Savoie department, France.

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Meaning & usage

name/aɪn/
  1. A commune of Savoie department, France.

Where this word comes from

From French Ayn, recorded earlier as Latin Ainum, presumably from an uncertain Gaulish or Ancient Ligurian etymon, *aginn (“height, high place”), possibly from pre-Celtic *Agannus (“rock”), perhaps from the same ultimate origin as the place Aginnum.

name/aɪn/
  1. Synonym of Buhoodle, a district of Togdheer, Somalia.

Where this word comes from

A romanization of Arabic عَيْن (ʕayn), from Somali Cayn.

name/aɪn/
  1. A female given name.

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