Plaisance

Plaisance (plural Plaisances)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Plaisance is the 11200^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2822 individuals. Plaisance is most common among White (93.41%) individuals.

• Asclepian, Pascaline, Plasencia, apsacline, caesalpin, snail pace, spalacine

Derived from plaisance (“pleasure”), either as a reference to the pleasant surroundings of the municipality or as a reference to one of several locales in France. The Italian city is derived from the Latin Placentia, from placentia < placēns (“pleasing, welcoming”).

• IPA^(key): /plɛ.zɑ̃s/, /ple.zɑ̃s/

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• Hyphenation: Plai‧sance
• Rhymes: -ɑ̃s
• Homophone: plaisance

Plaisance f

1. a surname
2. Piacenza (a province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy)
3. Piacenza (the capital city of the province of Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy)
4. A municipality of Papineau, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.

• Plaisancien, Plaisancienne