Meduana

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. Compare the hydronymy of several other rivers in Europe: the Main in Germany; the Minho in Iberia; the Meon in England, all perhaps connected to Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to go past”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

View of the river

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /me.duˈaː.na/, [mɛd̪uˈäːnä]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.duˈa.na/, [med̪uˈäːnä]

Proper noun

Meduāna m sg (genitive Meduānae); first declension

A river in France, now the Mayenne

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Meduāna
Genitive	Meduānae
Dative	Meduānae
Accusative	Meduānam
Ablative	Meduānā
Vocative	Meduāna

Descendants

French: Mayenne
French: Maine

References

“Meduana”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Meduana in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.