Ain

Ain

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ain"

English

Etymology

    Borrowed from French Ain.

    Proper noun

    Ain

    1. A department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Capital: Bourg-en-Bresse (INSEE code 01).
    2. A river in the Jura and Ain departments, in eastern France, flowing from the Jura Mountains into the Rhône River.

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    Estonian

    Proper noun

    Ain

    1. a male given name, variant of Hendrik

    French

    Etymology

    Named after the River Ain, from Medieval Latin Hinnis, from earlier Igneus, of pre-Roman, probably Celtic, origin; perhaps Proto-Celtic *inn, itself likely related to the river River Inn (Latin Aenus), both related to *enios (water), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (to go), found in many placenames such as the settlement Aenona.[1][2][3][4]

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    Ain m

    1. Ain (a department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)
    2. Ain (a river in the Jura and Ain departments, in eastern France, flowing from the Jura Mountains into the Rhône River)

    Derived terms

    • ainois
    • Ainois

    References

    1. ^ Anne-Marie Vurpas et Claude Michel dans les Noms de lieux de l'Ain : Igneus (VIIIe siècle) "la rivière du feu"
    2. ^ Voir Arnaud Vendryes, "L'Ain : le nom d'une rivière à travers les sources" in Travaux de la Société d'Emulation du Jura, 2015, p. 147-168.
    3. ^ DNGI: Dizionario dei nomi geografici italiani, TEA, Torino 1992.
    4. ^ Otto Stolz: Geschichtskunde der Gewässer Tirols. Schlern-Schriften, Band 32, Innsbruck 1932, S. 6–14 und 83–88

    Portuguese

    Etymology

    Borrowed from French Ain.

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    Ain m

    1. Ain (a department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)
    2. Ain (a river in the Jura and Ain departments, in eastern France, flowing from the Jura Mountains into the Rhône River)
    3. Ain (a department of France)