Yonne

//jɒn// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A department of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. Capital: Auxerre.
  2. 2
    A left tributary of the Seine in central France, flowing through the departments of Nièvre, Yonne and Seine-et-Marne.

Etymology

Borrowed from French Yonne, from Latin Icaunis, presumably from Gaulish.

Related phrases

Montereau-Fault-YonnePont-sur-YonneVilleneuve-sur-Yonne

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