Vendée

See also: vendee

English

Etymology

French Vendée, possibly from Gaulish *vindos (“white”), from Proto-Celtic *windos (“white”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vɒ̃ˈdeɪ/

Proper noun

Vendée

  1. One of the departments of Pays de la Loire, France. Capital: La Roche-sur-Yon.
  2. A river in the south-east of the département.

Translations

References
  1. Boulard, Michel (1987): Vendée, p. 240

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vɑ̃.de/
  • Audio (Paris)(file)

Proper noun

Vendée f

  1. Vendée (a department of Pays de la Loire, France)
  2. Vendée (a right tributary of the Sèvre Niortaise, in western France)
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