Pau

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English

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Proper noun

Pau

  1. A city, the capital of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
  2. A commune of the province of Oristano, Sardinia, Italy.

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin Paulus.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Pau m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Paul

French

Etymology

Possibly related to pieu (“stake, post”), or possibly related to pieux (“pious”), referring to a nearby ford named by the church. Or, possibly from a pre-Indo-European toponym *pal, *bal referring to its location at the foot of the mountains.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /po/
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Proper noun

Pau m or f

  1. Pau (a city in France)

Derived terms

  • palois (“of/from Pau”)
  • Palois (“resident or native of Pau”)

References

  • Saupiquet, Amédée (2004). negue, Princi (ed.). Petite histoire de Pau, la ville de Pau aux trois phases de son histoire.

German Low German

Noun

Pau m (plural Paus)

  1. peacock
  2. peafowl
    Dat Heken von ’n Pau hett bunte Steertfeddern.
    The male peafowl (peacock) has colorful tail feathers.

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Pau m

  1. Pau (a city in France)
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