Where does “Nantes” come from?

Nantes comes from French Nantes, derived from Latin Portus Namnetum, a port settlement named after the Namnetes, a Gallic people of the region.

Ancestry of “Nantes”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	Nantes	—
2	Latin	Portus Namnetum	—

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