Perpignan

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Perpignan, from Latin Perpenniānum, from the given name Perpenna.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɜːpɪnjɒn/, /-jɒŋ/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌpɝpiˈnjɑn/, /ˌpɝpɪnjɑn/, /-ˈjɑŋ/
Rhymes: -ɒn, -ɒŋ, -ɑːn

Proper noun

Perpignan

A city, the capital of Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitania, France, formerly in Languedoc-Roussillon.

Translations

city in Pyrénées-Orientales, France

Arabic: بِيرْبِينْيَا m (bīrbīnyā)
Aragonese: Perpinyán f
Belarusian: Перпінья́н m (Pjerpinʹján)
Bulgarian: Перпиня́н m (Perpinján), Перпиня́ m (Perpinjá)
Catalan: Perpinyà (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 佩皮尼昂 (pui³ pei⁴ nei⁴ ngong⁴)

Mandarin: 佩皮尼昂 (Pèipíní'áng)
Esperanto: Perpinjano
Finnish: Perpignan
French: Perpignan (fr) m
Galician: Perpinyán f, Perpiñán (gl)
Greek: Περπινιάν (el) n (Perpinián)
Hebrew: פֶּרְפִּינְיָאן m (Perpinyán)
Hindi: पेर्पिञां f (perpiñā̃)
Interlingua: Perpinia
Italian: Perpignano f
Japanese: ペルピニャン (Perupinyan)
Korean: 페르피냥 (Pereupinyang)
Latin: Perpenniānum n, Perpiniānum n, Perpiniācum n
Latvian: Perpiņāna f, Perpiņa f
Lithuanian: Perpinjanas m
Occitan: Perpinhan (oc) m
Persian: پرپینیان (perpinyân)
Portuguese: Perpignan f, (rare) Perpinhã f, Perpinhão f
Russian: Перпинья́н m (Perpinʹján)
Spanish: Perpiñán (es) f
Ukrainian: Перпінья́н m (Perpinʹján), Перпінья́ m (Perpinʹjá)
Urdu: please add this translation if you can
Yiddish: פּערפּיניאַן m (perpinyan)

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin Perpenniānum, from the given name Perpenna, an Etruscan name.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.pi.ɲɑ̃/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɑ̃

Proper noun

Perpignan m

Perpignan (a city in Pyrénées-Orientales department, France)
Holonym: Roussillon

Meronyms: Bas-Vernet, Château-Roussillon, Clos Banet, Mailloles, Mas Guérido, Moulin-à-Vent, Saint-Assiscle, Saint-Gaudérique, Saint-Martin

Derived terms

perpignanais, Perpignanais

References

Sandys, Sir John Edwin (1913): A Companion to Latin Studies

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Perpinhã (rare)
Perpinhão (rare)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French Perpignan.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.pĩˈɲɐ̃/ [peh.pĩˈj̃ɐ̃]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /peɾ.pĩˈɲɐ̃/ [peɾ.pĩˈj̃ɐ̃]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʁ.pĩˈɲɐ̃/ [peχ.pĩˈj̃ɐ̃]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peɻ.piˈɲɐ̃/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɛɾ.piˈɲɐ̃/

Rhymes: -ɐ̃

Proper noun

Perpignan f

Perpignan (a city in Pyrénées-Orientales department, France)