English Explanatory Dictionary

Vendée

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A department of Pays de la Loire, France. Capital: La Roche-sur-Yon.
  2. A right tributary of the Sèvre Niortaise in western France, flowing through the departments of Deux-Sèvres, Vendée and Charente-Maritime.

Pronunciation

/vɒ̃ˈdeɪ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Vendée.wav

Word forms

Vendée

Etymology

From French Vendée, possibly from Gaulish *vindos (“white”), from Proto-Celtic *windos (“white”).

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