Fontaine-de-Vaucluse

== French == === Etymology === Calque of Occitan Font de Vau-cluso, mistranslating font (“source”) as fontaine (“fountain”). The name derives from the large karst spring, source of the river Sorgue. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɔ̃.tɛn.də.vo.klyz/ === Proper noun === Fontaine-de-Vaucluse ? a commune of Vaucluse department, France, famous for its large karst spring Synonym: (obsolete) Vaucluse ==== Related terms ==== Vauclusien === Further reading === Fontaine-de-Vaucluse on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr Fontaine de Vaucluse (spring) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia