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Mayenne.

Mayenne (a department of Pays de la Loire, France)

7 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

name/ma.jɛn/
  1. Mayenne (a department of Pays de la Loire, France)

    feminine
  2. Mayenne (a right tributary of the Loire, in northwestern France, flowing through the departments of Orne, Mayenne and Maine-et-Loire)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

The place is named after the River Mayenne, probably of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *madyeti (“to burst, spread”); alternatively, from Latin madeo (“to be wet”). Both are ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to be wet, moist”).

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