Etymology

Bayonne

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Today it means: A city and commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. Full definition →

French Bayonne ← Basque on
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  1. Basque · derived fromon“good”
  2. French · borrowed fromBayonne
  3. English todayBayonne

Borrowed from French Bayonne. The first element of the name is variously said to be Basque or Latin; the second element is Basque on (“good”). More at Bayonne. Also compare Latin baia.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.