Nantes

See also: nantes

English

Etymology

From French Nantes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑːnts/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Proper noun

Nantes

2. The prefecture of the department of Loire-Atlantique, France; the capital city of the region of Pays de la Loire, in historical Brittany.
3. A municipality in Le Granit Regional County Municipality, Estrie region, Quebec, Canada.
4. A municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

Translations

a city in western France

• Breton: Naoned (br)
• Catalan: Nantes f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 南特 (zh) (Nántè)

• French: Nantes (fr) f
• Galician: Nantes (gl)
• Gallo: Naunnt
• German: Nantes (de) n
• Macedonian: Нант m (Nant)
• Occitan: Nantas f
• Old Norse: Namsborg f
• Portuguese: Nantes (pt) f
• Romanian: Nantes (ro)
• Russian: Нант (ru) m (Nant)

Anagrams

• anenst, annets, tensan

Catalan

Proper noun

Nantes f

1. Nantes (the prefecture of the department of Loire-Atlantique, France; the capital city of the region of Pays de la Loire, in historical Brittany)

French

Etymology

From Latin Portus Namnetum, from the name of the Namnetes, a local Gaulish tribe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑ̃t/

• Audio (Paris):

  (file)

Proper noun

Nantes ?

1. Nantes (the prefecture of the department of Loire-Atlantique, France; the capital city of the region of Pays de la Loire, in historical Brittany)

Derived terms

• nantais, Nantais

Anagrams

• ansent, tannes

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃis/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃiʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɐ̃.tes/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɐ̃.tɨʃ/

• Hyphenation: Nan‧tes

Proper noun

Nantes

1. Nantes (the prefecture of the department of Loire-Atlantique, France; the capital city of the region of Pays de la Loire, in historical Brittany)
2. Nantes (a municipality of the state of São Paulo, Brazil)