Heussaff or Heusaff is a surname, and may refer to;
Heussaff is a
toponymic
Toponymy, toponymics, or toponomastics is the study of '' toponyms'' (proper names of places, also known as place names and geographic names), including their origins, meanings, usage and types. Toponym is the general term for a proper name of ...
surname that derives from an old spelling for the isle of
Ushant
Ushant (; br, Eusa, ; french: Ouessant, ) is a French island at the southwestern end of the English Channel which marks the westernmost point of metropolitan France. It belongs to Brittany and, in medieval terms, Léon. In lower tiers of govern ...
(''Eusa'' in
modern Breton). Like for the surname ''
Henaff'' or ''
Gourcuff'', the
digraph ''-ff'' was introduced by Middle Ages' authors to indicate a
nasalized
In phonetics, nasalization (or nasalisation) is the production of a sound while the velum is lowered, so that some air escapes through the nose during the production of the sound by the mouth. An archetypal nasal sound is .
In the Internationa ...
vowel. In fact the modern orthography should be ''Heussañ''.
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Alan Heusaff
Alan Heusaff, also Alan Heussaff (23 July 1921 in Saint-Yvi, Finistère – 3 November 1999 in Galway) was a Breton nationalism, Breton nationalist, linguist, dictionary compiler, prolific journalist and lifetime campaigner for solidarity betwe ...
, also Alan Heussaff - Breton nationalist, linguist and dictionary compiler
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Solenn Heussaff
Solenn Marie Adea Heussaff-Bolzico (née Heussaff, ; born July 20, 1985) is a Filipino actress, model and singer. She was one of the official castaways of '' Survivor Philippines: Celebrity Showdown''. She made it to the Final Three.
In Decem ...
- Filipino actress, model and singer
References
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Breton-language surnames