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Where does “Perpignan” come from?

Perpignan (Portuguese) comes from French Perpignan, from Latin Perpenniānum, from Latin Perpenna.

Ancestry of “Perpignan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchPerpignan—
2LatinPerpenniānum—
3LatinPerpenna—
Every word from Latin Perpenna →