Ain

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ain"

English

Etymology

From French Ain.

Proper noun

Ain

  1. One of the départements of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Capital: Bourg-en-Bresse (INSEE code 01)
  2. A river in France which flows from the Jura Mountains into the Rhône River.

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Estonian

Proper noun

Ain

  1. a male given name, variant of Hendrik

French

Etymology

Named after the River Ain, from Medieval Latin Hinnis, from earlier Igneus, of pre-Roman, probably Celtic, origin; perhaps Proto-Celtic *inn, itself likely related to the river River Inn (Latin Aenus), both related to *enios (“water”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”), found in many placenames such as the settlement Aenona.[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃/
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Proper noun

Ain m

  1. Ain (a department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)
  2. Ain (a river in eastern France)

Derived terms
  • ainois
  • Ainois

References
  1. Anne-Marie Vurpas et Claude Michel dans les Noms de lieux de l'Ain : Igneus (VIIIe siècle) "la rivière du feu"
  2. Voir Arnaud Vendryes, "L'Ain : le nom d'une rivière à travers les sources" in Travaux de la Société d'Emulation du Jura, 2015, p. 147-168.
  3. DNGI: Dizionario dei nomi geografici italiani, TEA, Torino 1992.
  4. Otto Stolz: Geschichtskunde der Gewässer Tirols. Schlern-Schriften, Band 32, Innsbruck 1932, S. 6–14 und 83–88

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French Ain.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ain m

  1. Ain (a department of France)
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