Vendée

See also: vendee

English

Etymology

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

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

department

• Armenian: Վանդեա (Vandea)
• Breton: Vande f
• Corsican: Vandea f
• French: Vendée (fr) f
• Italian: Vandea f
• Latin: Vendea f
• Occitan: Vendèa f
• Ottoman Turkish: وانده (Vande)
• Persian: وانده (vânde)
• Poitevin-Saintongese: Vendàie f
• Polish: Wandea (pl) f
• Portuguese: Vendeia f, Vendée f
• Russian: Ванде́я (ru) (Vandéja)
• Sardinian: Vandea f

river

• Breton: Vande f
• French: Vendée (fr) f
• Occitan: Vendèa f
• Russian: Ванде́я (ru) (Vandéja)
• Sardinian: Vandea f

Anagrams

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑ̃.de/

• Audio (Paris)

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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)