Saint-Malo

English

Proper noun

Saint-Malo

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

Related terms

• Malvinas

Translations

city in Brittany

• Breton: Sant-Maloù (br)
• French: Saint-Malo (fr) m
• Gallo: Saent-Malô m
• Norman: Saint Mâlo

Anagrams

• anomalist, atonalism

French

Etymology

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”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̃.ma.lo/

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Proper noun

Saint-Malo m

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

Derived terms

• Malouin
• malouin