Louvain

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French Louvain. === Proper noun === Louvain Synonym of Leuven. === Anagrams === Luviano == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Medieval Latin Luvanium, Latinized from a Viking/North Germanic or Frankish name *Loven, composed of *lo (“forest, clearing”) + *hvein (“swamp, marsh”), from Proto-Germanic *hwainō, *hwin- (“swamp; moor”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱʷeyn- (“to soil; mud; filth”), thus meaning "swamp near the forest." === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lu.vɛ̃/ Hyphenation: Lou‧vain Rhymes: -ɛ̃ === Proper noun === Louvain ? Leuven (the largest city and provincial capital of Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium) ==== Derived terms ==== Louvain-la-Neuve louvaniste === See also === Leuven (in Dutch) === References ===