Caen

//kɑn// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city in Calvados department, Normandy, France.

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cenneonov

Example

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"I don't know if I am going to go to Caen or to Troyes."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Caen, Cane, Cadomy, from Old French Caem, Cahom, likely from Latin *Catumagus; the modern pronunciation is a refashioning after modern French Caen.

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basse normandie

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