Plaisance
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See also: plaisance
English
Proper noun
Plaisance (plural Plaisances)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Plaisance is the 11200th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2822 individuals. Plaisance is most common among White (93.41%) individuals.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Derived from plaisance (“pleasure”), either as a reference to the pleasant surroundings of the municipality or as a reference to one of several locales in France. The Italian city is derived from the Latin Placentia, from placentia < placēns (“pleasing, welcoming”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plɛ.zɑ̃s/ ~ /ple.zɑ̃s/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Plai‧sance
- Rhymes: -ɑ̃s
- Homophone: plaisance
Proper noun
Plaisance f
- a surname
- Piacenza (a province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy)
- Piacenza (the capital city of the province of Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy)
- A municipality of Papineau, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.