Gand

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See also: gand and gând

Alemannic German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from ganda, of an unknown Romance language, probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia origin (possibly Iberian).[1] See also Galician gándara.

Noun[edit]

Gand f

  1. (Uri) scree (loose stony debris on a slope)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

There seems to be 2 hypothesis both concerning water.
1) Gand comes the name of a Gallo-Roman vicus called Ganda, a Celtic word that meant confluant.
2) Gand comes from the Celtic word that had a relation with water, Gond. That name Gond was transformed by the Frankish to Gand.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɡɑ̃/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: Gand
  • Rhymes: -ɑ̃

Proper noun[edit]

Gand m

  1. Ghent (the capital and largest city of East Flanders, Belgium)

Derived terms[edit]

Italian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From French Gand.

Proper noun[edit]

Gand ?

  1. Ghent (the capital and largest city of East Flanders, Belgium)
    Synonym: (archaic) Guanto

Old Irish[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Gand m

  1. the Ganges (a river in India)
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