Pau

See also: pau and Pa’ʉ

English

Proper noun

Pau

1. A city, the capital of Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
2. A commune of the province of Oristano, Sardinia, Italy.

Translations

city in New Aquitaine, France

• Arabic: بو (bū)
• Basque: Paue
• Catalan: Pau (ca) m
• Esperanto: Paŭo
• French: Pau (fr) m or f
• Japanese: ポー (Pō)
• Latin: Palum n
• Occitan: Pau (oc) m

commune in Sardinia, Italy

• Arabic: باو (bāw)
• Italian: Pau (it)
• Japanese: パーウ (Pāu)
• Latin: Pavum n
• Sardinian: Pau m

Anagrams

• APU, AUP, PUA, UAP, UPA, pua

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin Paulus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpaw]
• Rhymes: -aw

Proper noun

Pau m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Paul

Related terms

• Paula
• paulí

French

Etymology

Possibly related to pieu (“stake, post”), or possibly related to pieux (“pious”), referring to a nearby ford named by the church. Or, possibly from a pre-Indo-European toponym *pal, *bal referring to its location at the foot of the mountains.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Pau m or f

1. Pau (a city in France)

Derived terms

• palois (“of/from Pau”)
• Palois (“resident or native of Pau”)

References

• Saupiquet, Amédée (2004). negue, Princi (ed.). Petite histoire de Pau, la ville de Pau aux trois phases de son histoire.

German Low German

Noun

Pau m (plural Paus)

1. peacock
2. peafowl

   Dat Heken von ’n Pau hett bunte Steertfeddern.

   The male peafowl (peacock) has colorful tail feathers.

Derived terms

• Pageluun

Related terms

• Fedder
• Heken
• Seken
• Vagel

Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaw/

Proper noun

Pau m

1. Pau (a city in France)