Etymology

Miquelon

Mi·que·lon
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Today it means: The northernmost of the islands making up the territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon. Full definition →

French Miquelon ← Basque Mikelon
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The story

  1. Basque · derived fromMikelon
  2. French · borrowed fromMiquelon
  3. English todayMiquelon

Borrowed from French Miquelon, derived in turn from Basque Mikelon, a variant of the given name Mikel.

First known use, by meaning

  • From 1579 The northernmost of the islands making up the territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.