Pau

Signification (English)

Pau (a city in France)

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/po/

Étymologie (English)

Possibly related to pieu (“stake, post”), or possibly related to pieux (“pious”), referring to a nearby ford named by the church. Or, possibly from a pre-Indo-European toponym *pal, *bal referring to its location at the foot of the mountains.

Phrases

Il a paraphé un contrat de deux ans avec Pau .

He initialed a two-year contract with Pau.

Le village dépendait du bailliage de Pau .

The village depended on the Bailiwick of Pau.