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La Romaine

/la ʁɔ.mɛn/

proper noun/la ʁɔ.mɛn/

La Romaine (a commune of Haute-Saône department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France); La Romaine, Unamen Shipu (an Indian reserve and unconstituted locality in Côte-Nord, Quebec, Canada)

Synonyms: Gethsémani-d'Olumen, Unamen Shipu

* (commune in France): Named after the Romaine river, which flows near the three communes merged to form the current commune. * (Indian reserve in Quebec): Adapted spelling of Montagnais unamen (“vermilion”). Doublet of Unamen Shipu, the reserve's preferred name, from its complete name meaning "vermilion river".