Cannes

Borrowed from French Cannes, from Occitan Canas or Occitan Cànoas (alternative spelling of Canas).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæn/
• Rhymes: -æn
• Homophone: can

Cannes

1. A city in Alpes-Maritimes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, southeastern France.

• Nances, nances

Inherited from Old French Canua, possibly related to cane (“reed”). Or, possibly from a pre-Indo-European substrate toponym *kan ("tall, height").

• IPA^(key): /kan/

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• Homophone: cane

Cannes ?

1. Cannes (a city in France)

• Room, Adrian, Place Names of the World, 2nd ed., McFarland & Co., 2006.

• scanne, scanné

Cannes f

1. Cannes (a city in Alpes-Maritimes department, France)