Etymology

L'Anse

Today it means: A village on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, United States, which is the county seat of Baraga County. Full definition →

French anse
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  1. French · derived fromanse“the cove”
  2. English todayL'Anse

From French anse (“the cove”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.