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Rouen

/ʁwɑ̃/

proper noun/ʁwɑ̃/

Rouen (the prefecture of the department of Seine-Maritime, and the capital of the region of Normandy, France, on the Seine River)

Related: rouennais, Rouennais

Inherited from Old French Roem, from the Roman name, Latin Rotomagus, from the Gaulish name Ratumacos, from *rato- (of unclear origin - see Rouen) + *magos, from Proto-Celtic *magos (“field”).