Bern

(Inglés)

1. (countable, uncountable) A placename
2. (countable, uncountable) A placename
3. (countable, uncountable) A surname

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/bɜː(ɹ)n/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

From Alemannic German Bärn, of uncertain further origin.
A popular folk etymology says it was named by its founder, Berthold V, Duke of Zähringen, after the first animal he saw in the area, a Bär(in) (“bear”) (compare Berlin, subject to a similar folk etymology).
The name is now thought to be connected to a Celtic word, Proto-Celtic *berna (“cleft”) (from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to carve out, cut”)) and *branos (“raven”) (compare the name ΒΡΕΝΟΔΩΡ (BRENODŌR), on the Bern zinc tablet, which has also been connected with the Gaulish name Brennus). More at Bern.

Sinónimos

Berne

capital of Switzerland

canton of Berne

Traducións

Bern

Berna

Berne

Bern

Berno

Berna

Βέρνη

Berna

canton de Berne

Bern

Kanton Bern

Canton Berna

Berna

برن

Berna