Etymology

Tétouan

Today it means: A city in Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco. Full definition →

French Tétouan ← Arabic تِطْوَان
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The story

  1. Arabic · derived fromتِطْوَان
  2. French · borrowed fromTétouan
  3. English todayTétouan

Borrowed from French Tétouan, from Arabic تِطْوَان (tiṭwān), from a Berber language, compare Ghomara tiṭṭawan (“eyes”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.