Anjou

== English == === Etymology === From French Anjou. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɒnʒuː/ === Proper noun === Anjou (historical) A former county, duchy and province in the northwest of modern-day France. (historical) A noble family, associated with the county, from which came several dynasties and numerous counts and dukes. A town and municipality in Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. ==== Derived terms ==== Anjouan Anjouvin cross of Anjou ==== Related terms ==== Angevin ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Anjou (plural Anjous) A type of green-skinned pear. == Catalan == === Proper noun === Anjou m Anjou == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ʒu/ === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old French Angeus, from Latin Andegāvum, from Andecāvī. Compare Angers. ==== Proper noun ==== Anjou m Anjou (region) ===== Derived terms ===== Angevin angevin === Etymology 2 === Probably ultimately from Latin ad Iovem (“[temple] to Jupiter”). ==== Proper noun ==== Anjou m a town and municipality in Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France ===== Derived terms ===== anjoulois, anjouloise Anjoulois, Anjouloise == Old French == === Etymology === From Angevin, from Medieval Latin Andegavinus, from Latin Andegavum, from Andecavi. === Proper noun === Anjou Anjou == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === Anju === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French Anjou. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Anjou m Anjou (a former county of France)