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roussillon

/ˌɹuːsiːˈjoʊn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.97 in modern English

Syllables
rous-sil-lon
IPA
/ˌɹuːsiːˈjoʊn/
10
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A region of the Occitania region, France, approximately coterminous with Pyrénées-Orientales, that was once a part of Catalonia.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A commune in Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A commune in Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A regional county municipality in Montérégie, Quebec, Canada.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A surname from French.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from French Roussillon, from Latin Ruscinō, Ruscinōnem. Compare Catalan Rosselló.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌɹuːsiːˈjoʊn/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Roussillons (plural)

Derived Forms

Roussillonese

Questions

How do you pronounce roussillon?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɹuːsiːˈjoʊn/.
What does roussillon mean?
A region of the Occitania region, France, approximately coterminous with Pyrénées-Orientales, that was once a part of Catalonia.
Where does roussillon come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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