Saint-Malo

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Proper noun

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Saint-Malo

  1. A walled port city in Ille-et-Vilaine department, on the north coast of Brittany, France.
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French

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Etymology

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Said to be named after Saint Malo of Wales, whose name could be from Old Breton machlou, from mach (hostage, warrant) + lou (beautiful, bright, brilliant) (probably from the same source as Gaulish leux (light, brilliance)).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sɛ̃.ma.lo/
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Proper noun

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Saint-Malo m

  1. Saint-Malo (a city in Brittany, France)

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References

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  1. ^ Léon Fleuriot, Les Origines de la Bretagne, ed. Payot, 1982, p. 150 and 281