Etymology

Terrebonne Parish

Today it means: One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states. Parish seat: Houma. Full definition →

French terre f
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The story

  1. French · derived fromterre f
  2. English todayTerrebonne Parish

From French terre f + bonne (“good earth”).

Words from the same roots

Frenchterre all →

Terre HauteTerreneuvianterre-tenantterre-verte

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.