Bec can be sometimes a place-name element meaning pino'cape' (from the bird's

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, bec) Bec is more commonly a place-name element in

Normandy Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...

, deriving from Norse ''bekkr'', 'stream' (cf. German ''Bach'', English ''-

beck Beck David Hansen (born Bek David Campbell; July 8, 1970) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to fame in the early 1990s with his Experimental music, experimental and Lo-fi music, lo-fi style, and became ...

''), which is found in many placenames.

Part of a Name

Bec-de-Mortagne Bec-de-Mortagne () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A farming village situated in the wooded valley of the river Ganzeville, in the Pays de Caux, some northeast of Le Havre, at ...

, Seine-Maritime *

Notre-Dame-du-Bec Notre-Dame-du-Bec () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A small farming and woodland village in the Pays de Caux, situated by the banks of the river Lézarde, some northeast of L ...

, Seine-Maritime *

Le Bec Hellouin Le Bec-Hellouin () is a commune in the department of Eure in the Normandy region in northern France. It is best known for Bec Abbey and has recently been voted one of the " most beautiful villages of France". The current mayor is Pascal Finet who ...

, Eure * Abbaye Notre-Dame du Bec, Eure * Le Bec-Thomas, Eure * Malleville-sur-le-Bec, Eure

Suffix

Bolbec Bolbec () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Its inhabitants are called ''Bolbécais'' or ''Bolbécaises''. Geography A farming, quarrying and light industrial town situated at the heart of th ...

, Seine-Maritime *

Bricquebec Bricquebec () is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Bricquebec-en-Cotentin.Caudebec-en-Caux Caudebec-en-Caux (, literally ''Caudebec in Caux'') is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Rives-en-Seine. Geography Caudebec-en-C ...

, Seine-Maritime * Caudebec-les-Elbeuf, Seine-Maritime pino *

Foulbec Foulbec () is a Communes of France, commune in the Eure Departments of France, department in the Normandy (administrative region), Normandy Regions of France, region in northern France. Population See also *Communes of the Eure department Ref ...

, Eure * Houlbec-Cocherel, Eure * Houlbec-près-le-Gros-Theil, Eure *

Orbec Orbec () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Population International relations Orbec is twinned with: *Kingsteignton UK since 1979 *Frammersbach (Germany) since 1987 See also *Communes of t ...

, Orne *

Robec The Robec (Old Norse ''raudh'', red and ''bekkr'', stream) is a small river in Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France. Its length is 8.9 km. The river begins near Fontaine-sous-Préaux, then it flows through Darnétal and ends in the Aubette in ...

, stream in

Rouen Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine in northern France. It is the prefecture of the Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one of ...

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Lubec, Maine Lubec ( ) is a town in Washington County, Maine, United States. It is the easternmost municipality in the contiguous U.S. (see extreme points of the United States) and is the country's closest continental location to Africa. The town, with a p ...

England

Tooting Bec Tooting Bec is in the London Borough of Wandsworth, south London, England. History Tooting Bec appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as "Totinges". It was held partly by St Mary de Bec-Hellouin Abbey and partly by Westminster Abbey. Its domesday ass ...

, London *

Weedon Bec Weedon Bec, usually just Weedon, is a village and parish in West Northamptonshire, England. It is close to the source of the River Nene. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 2,706. Geography Weedon is around southeast of ...

, Northamptonshire

Other

Saint-Julia-de-Bec Saint-Julia-de-Bec (; oc, Sant Jolian de Bèc) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overse ...

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Variation

Beck (surname) Beck is a surname of both Germanic and Hebrew origin , meaning "brook", " stream" (related to Old Norse ''bekkr'') or "martyr" (Hebrew) and is fairly common in English and Slavic speaking countries, Germany (equivalent to Bach) and Denmark. The ...

River Beck The River Beck is one of the tributaries of the River Ravensbourne in south London. The source of the River Beck is in Spring Park () where Shirley and West Wickham meet. For its first mile or so it forms the border between the London boroughs o ...

Beek (disambiguation) Beek is a town and municipality in Limburg, Netherlands. Beek (Dutch for "stream") may also refer to: Places * Beek, Berg en Dal, a town in Gelderland, Netherlands * Beek, Montferland, a town in Gelderland, Netherlands * De Beek, Apeldoorn, a h ...

Becque (disambiguation) Becque or ''de Becque'' may refer to: * Becque (river), the name of several rivers * Henry Becque (1837–1899), French dramatist * Réginald Becque (born 1972), French footballer * Emile de Becque, a fictional character in ''South Pacific'' See ...

* Becquet *

Becket ''Becket or The Honour of God'' (french: Becket ou l'honneur de Dieu) is a 1959 play written in French by Jean Anouilh. It is a depiction of the conflict between Thomas Becket and King Henry II of England leading to Becket's assassination in 117 ...

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