Perpignan

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Perpignan, from Latin Perpenniānum, from the given name Perpenna.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɜːpɪnjɒn/, /-jɒŋ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌpɝpiˈnjɑn/, /ˌpɝpɪnjɑn/, /-ˈjɑŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɒn, -ɒŋ, -ɑːn

Proper noun

Perpignan

1. A city, the capital of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, France, formerly in Languedoc-Roussillon.

Translations

city in Pyrénées-Orientales, France

• Arabic: بِيرْبِينْيَا m (bīrbīnyā)
• Aragonese: Perpinyán f
• Belarusian: Перпінья́н m (Pjerpinʹján)
• Bulgarian: Перпиня́н m (Perpinján), Перпиня́ m (Perpinjá)
• Catalan: Perpinyà (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 佩皮尼昂 (pui³ pei⁴ nei⁴ ngong⁴)

  Mandarin: 佩皮尼昂 (Pèipíní'áng)

• Esperanto: Perpinjano
• Finnish: Perpignan
• French: Perpignan (fr) m
• Galician: Perpinyán f, Perpiñán (gl)
• Greek: Περπινιάν (el) n (Perpinián)
• Hebrew: פֶּרְפִּינְיָאן m (Perpinyán)
• Hindi: पेर्पिञां f (perpiñā̃)
• Interlingua: Perpinia
• Italian: Perpignano f
• Japanese: ペルピニャン (Perupinyan)
• Korean: 페르피냥 (Pereupinyang)
• Latin: Perpenniānum n, Perpiniānum n, Perpiniācum n
• Latvian: Perpiņāna f, Perpiņa f
• Lithuanian: Perpinjanas m
• Occitan: Perpinhan (oc) m
• Persian: پرپینیان (perpinyân)
• Portuguese: Perpignan f, (rare) Perpinhã f, Perpinhão f
• Russian: Перпинья́н m (Perpinʹján)
• Spanish: Perpiñán (es) f
• Ukrainian: Перпінья́н m (Perpinʹján), Перпінья́ m (Perpinʹjá)
• Urdu: please add this translation if you can
• Yiddish: פּערפּיניאַן m (perpinyan)

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin Perpenniānum, from the given name Perpenna, an Etruscan name.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.pi.ɲɑ̃/

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃

Proper noun

Perpignan m

1. Perpignan (a city in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, France)

   Holonym: Roussillon

   Meronyms: Bas-Vernet, Château-Roussillon, Clos Banet, Mailloles, Mas Guérido, Moulin-à-Vent, Saint-Assiscle, Saint-Gaudérique, Saint-Martin

Derived terms

• perpignanais, Perpignanais

References

• Sandys, Sir John Edwin (1913): A Companion to Latin Studies

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Perpinhã (rare)
• Perpinhão (rare)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French Perpignan.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.pĩˈɲɐ̃/ [peh.pĩˈj̃ɐ̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.pĩˈɲɐ̃/ [peh.pĩˈj̃ɐ̃]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /peɾ.pĩˈɲɐ̃/ [peɾ.pĩˈj̃ɐ̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʁ.pĩˈɲɐ̃/ [peχ.pĩˈj̃ɐ̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peɻ.piˈɲɐ̃/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɛɾ.piˈɲɐ̃/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃

Proper noun

Perpignan f

1. Perpignan (a city in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, France)