Etymology

Perpignan

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Today it means: A city, the capital of Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitania, France, formerly in Languedoc-Roussillon. Full definition →

French Perpignan ← Latin Perpenniānum
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  1. Latin · derived fromPerpenniānum
  2. French · borrowed fromPerpignan
  3. English todayPerpignan

Borrowed from French Perpignan, from Latin Perpenniānum, from the given name Perpenna.

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