Bayeux

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/baɪˈjɜː//baɪˈjuː/

proper noun

A town in Calvados department, Normandy, France; noted for the Bayeux Tapestry.

OriginFrench Bayeux ← Old French Baios ← Late Latin Baiocae →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A town in Calvados department, Normandy, France; noted for the Bayeux Tapestry.

Origin

  1. Gaulish*Bodiocasses
  2. LatinBaiocassī
  3. Late LatinBaiocae
  4. Old FrenchBaios
  5. FrenchBayeux
  6. EnglishBayeux

Borrowed from French Bayeux, from Old French Baios, Baieus, from Late Latin Baiocae, from Latin Baiocassī, from Gaulish *Bodiocasses (a tribe name, literally “blond curls”) (compare Old Irish buidechass). Compare the surrounding region of Bessin (Old French Beissin), from Late Latin (pagus) Baiocassīnus.

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Translations

French Bayeux
  • Bayeuxtown in Normandy
Latin Augustodūrum
  • Augustodūrumtown in Normandy

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

Bayeux. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bayeux

MLA

“Bayeux.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bayeux. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bayeux,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bayeux.

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