🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Mirande

Pronunciation / Transliteration: miˈʁandə

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Mirande/miˈrɑ̃d/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Mirande ist eine Gemeinde im Südwesten Frankreichs."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A commune and town located in the Gers department in the Occitanie region of southwestern France.

    "Visitors to Mirande can explore its historic medieval central square and traditional architecture."
  2. 2

    A surname or historical territorial designation originating from the French geographic location.

    "The family traced their lineage back to the early settlers of Mirande."

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The term 'mir%c4%81nde' represents the URL-encoded percent-encoding of the string 'mirānde', which corresponds to a proper geographic name or a historical linguistic term. Etymologically, Mirande is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France, founded in 1281 as a bastide by the Abbot of Berdoues, derived from the Old Occitan words 'mira' (to look at) and 'anda' (to walk or horizon), roughly translating to a place with a fine view.

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