Tocqueville

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French Tocqueville.

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Tocqueville

  1. A commune of the Eure department, Normandy, France.
  2. A commune of the Manche department, Normandy, France.
  3. (fully de Tocqueville) A surname from French — famously held by:
    1. François-Hippolyte Clérel de Tocqueville (1797–1877), senator of the French Third Republic
    2. Alexis Charles Henri Clérel de Tocqueville (1805–1859), French diplomat, political scientist, historian, and author of De la Démocratie en Amérique (two volumes, 1835–1840) and L’Ancien Régime et la Révolution (1856)

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French, from the Old Norse personal name Tóki + ville.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tɔk.vil/
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Proper noun[edit]

Tocqueville ?

  1. Tocqueville (a commune of the Eure department, Normandy, France)
  2. Tocqueville (a commune of the Manche department, Normandy, France)
  3. (fully de Tocqueville) a surname — famously held by:
    1. François-Hippolyte Clérel de Tocqueville (1797–1877), senator of the French Third Republic
    2. Alexis Charles Henri Clérel de Tocqueville (1805–1859), French diplomat, political scientist, historian, and author of De la Démocratie en Amérique (two volumes, 1835–1840) and L’Ancien Régime et la Révolution (1856)

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Descendants[edit]

  • English: Tocqueville
  • → Chinese: → 托克維爾／托克维尔 (Tuōkèwéi'ěr) (transliteration)

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