Bellefontaine

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UK/ˌbɛl.fɒnˈtɛn/US/bɛlˈfaʊntən/US/ˈbɛlfaʊntən/

proper noun

A village and commune of Vosges department, Grand Est, France.

OriginFrench Bellefontaine →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Belle Fontaine

  1. A village and commune of Vosges department, Grand Est, France.
  2. A village and commune of Jura department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
  3. A village and commune of Val-d'Oise department, Île-de-France, France.
  4. A village and former commune of Manche department, Normandy, France, merged in 2017 into the new commune Juvigny les Vallées.
  5. A village and commune of Martinique department, France.
  6. A city, the county seat of Logan County, Ohio, United States.
  7. An unincorporated community in Webster County, Mississippi, United States.
  8. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Missouri, United States.

Origin

  1. FrenchBellefontaine
  2. EnglishBellefontaine

Borrowed from French Bellefontaine (literally “beautiful fountain”).

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Translations

French Bellefontaine, Bellefontaine
  • Bellefontainea French commune
  • Bellefontainecity in Ohio
Japanese ベルフォンテーヌ, ベルフォンテーン
  • ベルフォンテーヌ (berufontēnu)a French commune
  • ベルフォンテーン (berufontēn)a French commune
  • ベルフォンテーン (Berufontēn)city in Ohio
Cite this entry
APA

Bellefontaine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bellefontaine

MLA

“Bellefontaine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bellefontaine. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bellefontaine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bellefontaine.

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