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98,912 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

Aarau
proper noun
Aarau (a town and municipality, the capital of Aargau canton, in northern Switzerland)
Aaron
proper noun
Aaron (biblical figure); a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Aaron
Aast
proper noun
a small village in Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, France
Abainville
proper noun
a small village in Meuse department, France
Abancourt
proper noun
any of several places in France
Abbaretz
proper noun
a village in Loire-Atlantique department, France
Abbasside
noun, masculine/feminine
Abbasid
Abbecourt
proper noun
a small village in Oise department, France
Abbenans
proper noun
Abbenans (a small village in Doubs department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)
Abbeville
proper noun
Abbeville (a town and commune of Somme department, Hauts-de-France, France)
Abbevillien
proper noun
the Abbevillian period
Abbevillois
noun, masculine
resident or native of the French city of Abbeville
Abby
proper noun
a female given name
Abbécourt
proper noun
a small village in Aisne department, France
Abbéville-lès-Conflans
proper noun
a small village in Meurthe-et-Moselle department, France
Abdallah
proper noun
Abdallah
Abdelkrim
proper noun
Abdelkrim
Abdeslam
proper noun
Abdeslam
Abdias
proper noun
Obadiah (biblical character)
Abdoul
proper noun
a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Abdul
Abdoulaye
proper noun
a male given name from Arabic, widely used in Islamic West Africa
Abdoulla
proper noun
a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Abdullah
Abeau
proper noun
a male given name, a very rare variant of Abel
Abeille
proper noun
a surname from Occitan
Abel
proper noun
Abel (biblical character); a diminutive of the male given names Abeau or Abelin
Abelin
proper noun
a diminutive of the male given name Abel; a surname originating as a patronymic
Abelone
proper noun
a female given name
Aberdeen
proper noun
Aberdeen (a city in Scotland)
Aberdonien
noun, masculine
Aberdonian
Aberdéen
proper noun
obsolete spelling of Aberdeen
Abidjan
proper noun
Abidjan (the de facto capital and largest city of Ivory Coast)
Abidjanais
noun, masculine
resident or native of Abidjan, an Abidjanese
Abitbol
proper noun
a surname from Arabic
Abiteboul
proper noun
a surname from Arabic
Abitibi
proper noun
Abitibi; a regional county municipality of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada
Abitibi-Ouest
proper noun
a regional county municipality of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada
Abitibi-Témiscamingue
proper noun
a region of Quebec, Canada
Abitibien
noun, masculine
resident or native of Abitibi; an Abitibian
Abkhaze
noun, masculine/feminine
an ethnic Abkhaz person; resident or native of Abkhazia regardless of ethnicity
Abkhazie
proper noun
Abkhazia (a geographic region and de-facto independent but largely unrecognized country in the Caucasus on the border of Europe and Asia; considered part of Georgia's territory by the vast majority of the international community)
Abkhazien
noun, masculine
resident or native of Abkhazia (regardless of ethnicity)
Ablon
proper noun
Ablon (a village in Calvados department, Normandy, France); former name of Ablon-sur-Seine; a surname
Ablon-sur-Seine
proper noun
Ablon-sur-Seine (a town in Val-de-Marne department, Île-de-France, France)
Ablons
proper noun
alternative spelling of Ablon (now Ablon-sur-Seine)
Abomey
proper noun
Abomey (the capital city of Zou department, in southern Benin); Dahomey (former name of Benin, a country in West Africa)
Aboméen
noun, masculine
resident or native of Abomey; Abomean, Abomeyan
Aborigène
noun, masculine/feminine
an Aboriginal Australian
Abou
proper noun
a surname; a male given name
Abou Dabi
proper noun
Abu Dhabi (an emirate of the United Arab Emirates); Abu Dhabi (the capital city of the United Arab Emirates; the capital city of Abu Dhabi emirate, United Arab Emirates)
Abou Simbel
proper noun
the archeological site of Abu Simbel
Aboubacar
proper noun
a male given name
Aboukir
proper noun
Aboukir, a village and bay in Egypt site of two iconic battles of the French military
Abraham
proper noun
a male given name, equivalent to English Abraham; Abraham
Abruzzais
noun, masculine
resident or native of the Abruzzo
Abruzzes
proper noun
Abruzzo (an administrative region in central Italy); a mountain chain in the Apennines
Absalom
proper noun
Absalom (biblical character)
Absalon
proper noun
Absalom
Abyssinie
proper noun
Abyssinia (former name of Ethiopia: a country and former empire in East Africa; used as an exonym until the mid 20th century)
Abélard
proper noun
the French philosopher and theologian Abelard; a male given name, equivalent to English Abelard
Abélia
proper noun
a female given name