Isigny-sur-Mer

proper noun

A commune in Calvados department, Normandy, France.

OriginOld French Isignia ← Medieval Latin Isienio ← Late Latin Isiniacum →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A commune in Calvados department, Normandy, France.

Origin

  1. GaulishIsina
  2. Late LatinIsiniacum
  3. Medieval LatinIsienio
  4. Old FrenchIsignia
  5. EnglishIsigny-sur-Mer

From French, from Old French Isignia along with several variants, from Medieval Latin Isienio, from Late Latin Isiniacum, composed of the Gallo-Roman name Isinius + the locative suffix -acum. The name is possibly Latinized from the Germanic name Iso (compare Proto-Germanic *īsą (“ice”) or otherwise Gaulish Isina.

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

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