Bayeux
/baɪˈjɜː/ name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A town in Calvados department, Normandy, France; noted for the Bayeux Tapestry.
Example
More examples"The Bayeux Tapestry commemorates the Norman conquest of England in 1066 A.D."
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.