Tournay

See also: tournay

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Tournay.

Proper noun

Tournay (countable and uncountable, plural Tournays)

  1. A village in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie
  2. A surname from French.

Further reading

French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Occitan Tornai. Attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tournay m

  1. Tournay (a village in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin. Attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tournay f

  1. Obsolete spelling of Tournai[1] (town in Wallonia)
Derived terms
Further reading

Etymology 3

From the former spelling of Tournai. Historically most prevalent in the Nord department.[2]

Proper noun

Tournay m or f by sense

  1. a surname
Descendants
  • English: Tournay

Further reading

References

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