Villeneuve

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Villeneuve (literally “Newtown, new town”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: vill‧neuv

Proper noun

Villeneuve (countable and uncountable, plural Villeneuves)

1. A surname from French, equivalent to English Newton.
2. A placename:
   1. A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
   2. A municipality in Vaud canton, Switzerland, by Lake Geneva.
   3. A frazione in Quart, Aosta Valley, Italy.

Related terms

• Villeneuve-la-Guyard
• Villeneuve-Saint-Georges

Translations

surname from French

hamlet in Alberta, Canada

municipality in Vaud, Switzerland

frazione in Quart, Aosta Valley, Italy

French

Etymology

From ville (“town”) +‎ neuve (“new”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vil.nœv/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Villeneuve ?

1. a surname, equivalent to English Newton

Descendants

• English: Villeneuve
• → Chinese: → 維爾納夫／维尔纳夫 (Wéi'ěrnàfū), → 維勒訥沃／维勒讷沃 (Wéilènèwò) (transliteration)

See also

• English:
  • Newton
  • Newtown
  • Newberg
• German:
  • Neustadt
• Italian:
  • Villanuova
• Latin:
  • Villanova
• Portuguese:
  • Villanova
  • Vilanova
• Spanish:
  • Villanueva