Isigny-sur-Mer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A commune in Calvados department, Normandy, France.

Word forms

Isigny-sur-Mer

Etymology

From French, from Old French Isignia along with several variants, from Medieval Latin Isienio, from Late Latin Isiniacum, composed of the Gallo-Roman name Isinius + the locative suffix -acum. The name is possibly Latinized from the Germanic name Iso (compare Proto-Germanic *īsą (“ice”) or otherwise Gaulish Isina.

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