Vannes

From French Vannes.

Vannes

2. A town and commune, a prefecture of Morbihan department, Brittany, France.

The Roman name was Latin Veneti, a Gaulish/Celtic tribe whose name likely shares a Proto-Indo-European origin with other similar sounding tribes, from Proto-Celtic *wenyā (“kindred, family”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive”). More at Veneti.

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Vannes ?

1. Vannes (a town and commune, a prefecture of Morbihan department, Brittany, France)

• vannetais, Vannetais

• Whatmough, Joshua (2015): The Foundations of Roman Italy