Gournay-en-Bray

proper noun

A commune in Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, France.

OriginOld French Gornai ← Proto-Celtic *gorn ← Latin -acum →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A commune in Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, France.

Origin

  1. Latin-acum
  2. Proto-Celtic*gorn“fishery, reach”
  3. Old FrenchGornai
  4. EnglishGournay-en-Bray

From French, attested as Old French Gornai in 1049. * The first element is probably of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *gorn (“fishery, reach”) + *-ako, Latinized as Latin -acum. * The second element was added in 1962 to avoid confusion with Gournay-le-Guérin in the department of Eure. It references Pays de Bray and is of Celtic/Gaulish origin, from *braco, for which see braye (“mud, daub”).

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