Coloyne

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French Coloigne, Cologne, from Latin Colōnia (Agrippīna). For the phonological development, see caroyne (“corpse, carrion”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuˈlui̯n(ə)/
  • (with reduction) IPA(key): /ˈkulæi̯n(ə)/, /ˈkulɛn(ə)/, /ˈkulin(ə)/

Proper noun

Coloyne

  1. Cologne (a city in northwestern Germany)

Descendants

  • English: Cologne (pronunciation remodelled after modern French)
  • Middle Welsh: Cwlwyn

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