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Bellefontaine

UK/ˌbɛl.fɒnˈtɛn/US/bɛlˈfaʊntən/

Bellefontaine proper noun: a village and commune of Vosges department, Grand Est, France.

Proper noun

Bellefontaine

  1. A village and commune of Vosges department, Grand Est, France.
  2. A village and commune of Jura department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
  3. A village and commune of Val-d'Oise department, Île-de-France, France.
  4. A village and former commune of Manche department, Normandy, France, merged in 2017 into the new commune Juvigny les Vallées.
  5. A village and commune of Martinique department, France.
  6. A city, the county seat of Logan County, Ohio, United States.
  7. An unincorporated community in Webster County, Mississippi, United States.
  8. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Missouri, United States.

Forms of Bellefontaine

alternative formBelle Fontaine

Origin of Bellefontaine

Borrowed from French Bellefontaine (literally “beautiful fountain”).

Questions about Bellefontaine

What does Bellefontaine mean?
Bellefontaine means a village and commune of Vosges department, Grand Est, France.
What part of speech is Bellefontaine?
Bellefontaine is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Bellefontaine?
Bellefontaine is pronounced /ˌbɛl.fɒnˈtɛn/ (UK).

Words near Bellefontaine in the dictionary

  1. belledom
  2. belleek
  3. Belleek ware
  4. Belleek wares
  5. belleeks
  6. Bellefontaine
  7. Bellefonte
  8. Bellegarde
  9. Bellegarde-sur-Valserine
  10. Bellegardes
  11. bellehood

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