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Where does “Cluny” come from?

Cluny (French) comes from Irish cluain, from Old Irish clúain, from Proto-Italic klounis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱlównis — buttocks, hip.

Ancestry of “Cluny”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishcluain—
2Old Irishclúain—
3Proto-Italicklounisbuttock
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱlównisbuttocks, hip

Words derived from “Cluny”

  • Corunna
  • The Groyne
  • La Coruña
  • A Coruña
  • La Coruña
  • coruñés
  • 拉科魯尼亞
  • coruñés
  • A Coruña
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