Bellefontaine

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Bellefontaine

/ˌbɛl.fɒnˈtɛn/ UK
/bɛlˈfaʊntən/ US
/ˈbɛlfaʊntən/ US

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

proper noun Belle Fontaine

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

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name a French commune

日本語	ベルフォンテーヌ berufontēnu, ベルフォンテーン berufontēn
Français	Bellefontaine

name city in Ohio

日本語	ベルフォンテーン Berufontēn
Français	Bellefontaine

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MLA

"Bellefontaine." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bellefontaine. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Bellefontaine. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bellefontaine

Chicago

"Bellefontaine." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bellefontaine.

BibTeX

@misc{bellefontaine_2026,
  title = {Bellefontaine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bellefontaine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}