Beauvais

English

Proper noun

Beauvais

1. A cathedral city, the capital of the Oise department, Picardy, Hauts-de-France, France.

French

Etymology

From Late Latin Bellovacum, named after the Celtic tribe Bellovaci.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bo.vɛ/

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Proper noun

Beauvais m

1. Beauvais (a city and commune of the Oise department, Hauts-de-France, France)

Derived terms

• beauvaisien, Beauvaisien