Meanings
Origin
- Early Medieval LatinHainoavius
- Old FrenchHainau
- Middle FrenchHaynau
- Middle EnglishHenaud
- EnglishHainaut
Inherited from Middle English Henaud, from Middle French Haynau, Haynault, from Old French Hainau, from Early Medieval Latin Hainoavius, from Proto-West Germanic *Haginā (“river Haine”) + *gawi (“district”); the modern form and pronunciation is a refashioning after modern French Hainaut.
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Arabic هينو
- هينو (hynu)province
Bulgarian Ено́
- Ено́ (Enó)province
Chinese Mandarin 埃諾 /埃诺
- 埃諾 /埃诺 (Āinuò)province
Czech Henegavsko
- Henegavskoprovince
Dutch Henegouwen
- Henegouwenprovince
Esperanto Henegovio
- Henegovioprovince
French Hainaut
- Hainautprovince
German Hennegau
- Hennegauprovince
Greek Αινώ
- Αινώ (Ainó)province
Japanese エノー
- エノー (Enō)province
Korean 에노
- 에노 (eno)province
Latin Hannonia, Henegovia
- Hannoniaprovince
- Henegoviaprovince
Latvian Eno
- Enoprovince
Lithuanian Heno
- Henoprovince
Polish Hainaut
- Hainautprovince
Russian Эно́
- Эно́ (Enó)province
Slovak Hennegavsko, Henegavsko
- Hennegavskoprovince
- Henegavskoprovince
Spanish Henao
- Henaoprovince
Tamil ஹாய்நட்
- ஹாய்நட் (hāynaṭ)province
Thai แอโน
- แอโน (ae noh)province
Ukrainian Ено́
- Ено́ (Enó)province
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Cite this entry
APA
Hainaut. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hainaut
MLA
“Hainaut.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hainaut. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hainaut,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hainaut.
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