Louvain

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Louvain.

Proper noun

Louvain

  1. Synonym of Leuven.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Luvanium, Latinized from a Viking/North Germanic or Frankish name *Loven, composed of *lo (“forest, clearing”) + *hvein (“swamp, marsh”), from Proto-Germanic *hwainō, *hwin- (“swamp; moor”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱʷeyn- (“to soil; mud; filth”), thus meaning "swamp near the forest."[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lu.vɛ̃/
  • Hyphenation: Lou‧vain
  • Rhymes: -ɛ̃

Proper noun

Louvain ?

  1. Leuven (the largest city and provincial capital of Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium)

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ Justus Lipsius, Leuven - Beschrijving van de stad en haar universiteit, p. 53
  2. ^ J. A. Torfs, Geschiedenis van Leuven van den vroegsten tijd tot op heden, p. 24
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