Etymology

Bougainville

Bou·gain·ville
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Today it means: A surname from French. Full definition →

French Bougainville
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  1. French · borrowed fromBougainville
  2. English todayBougainville

From French Bougainville * (placename in Papua): Named for Louis Antoine de Bougainville.

Words from the same roots

FrenchBougainville all →

bougainvillea

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.