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Marne

/maʁn/

proper noun/maʁn/

Marne (a right tributary of the Seine, in eastern France, flowing 319 miles east and southeast of Paris through the departments of Haute-Marne, Marne, Aisne, Seine-et-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne); Marne (a department of Grand Est, France)

Related: Annet-sur-Marne, Aulnay-sur-Marne, Azy-sur-Marne, Balesmes-sur-Marne, Barzy-sur-Marne, Bayard-sur-Marne, Bignicourt-sur-Marne, Bonneuil-sur-Marne, Breuil-sur-Marne, Champigny-sur-Marne

From Latin Mātrona (“Marne”), from Gaulish *Mātronā, from Proto-Celtic *Mātronā, a derivative of Proto-Celtic *mātīr (“mother”).