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Fontenay-aux-Roses

/fɔ̃t.nɛ.o.ʁoz/

proper noun/fɔ̃t.nɛ.o.ʁoz/

Fontenay-aux-Roses (a town and commune in the Hauts-de-Seine department, France)

Related: fontenaisien, fontenaisienne, Fontenaisien, Fontenaisienne

The commune name originates from a local stream from a spring (fons, fontaine) in the hillside descending from the Châtillon plateau, with the addition ("of roses") added to distinguish this commune from numerous French communes named Fontenay.