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Caen

/kɑn/ · name

Meaning

  1. A city in Calvados department, Normandy, France.

Etymology / origin

Inherited from Middle English Caen, Cane, Cadomy, from Old French Caem, Cahom, likely from Latin *Catumagus; the modern pronunciation is a refashioning after modern French Caen.

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