Beaufort
Meanings
name
- A place in France:
- A commune in Haute-Garonne department, Occitania.
- A commune in Hérault department, Occitania.
- A commune in Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
- A former commune in Jura department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
- A commune in Nord department, Hauts-de-France.
- A commune in Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
- A town and commune in Echternach canton, eastern Luxembourg.
- An English habitational surname from Old French of Norman origin.
- Francis Beaufort, British admiral and hydrographer.
- A dukedom in the English peerage.
- A town in Sabah, Malaysia, named after Leicester Paul Beaufort.
noun
- A type of French cheese originally from Beaufort-sur-Doron.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Borrowed from French Beaufort, from beau (“beautiful”) + fort (“fort”).
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