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Latin
Etymology
Possibly from the pre-Indo-European root *kar "stone," found in other Celtic placenames (compare Welsh carreg (“stone”)), and Gaulish kassanos (“oak”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Carcasō f sg (genitive Carcasōnis); third declension
- A town in Gallia Narbonensis, in the territory of the Tectosages, now Carcassonne
Declension
Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
References
- “Carcaso”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Carcaso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Albert Dauzat et Charles Rostaing, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieu en France, Paris, Librairie Guénégaud, 1979 (→ISBN), p. 147a