Bellefontaine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and commune of Vosges department, Grand Est, France.
  2. A village and commune of Jura department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
  3. A village and commune of Val-d'Oise department, Île-de-France, France.
  4. A village and former commune of Manche department, Normandy, France, merged in 2017 into the new commune Juvigny les Vallées.
  5. A village and commune of Martinique department, France.
  6. A city, the county seat of Logan County, Ohio, United States.
  7. An unincorporated community in Webster County, Mississippi, United States.
  8. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Missouri, United States.

Pronunciation

/ˌbɛl.fɒnˈtɛn/ /bɛlˈfaʊntən/ /ˈbɛlfaʊntən/

Word forms

Bellefontaine Belle Fontaine

Etymology

Borrowed from French Bellefontaine (literally “beautiful fountain”).

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