Saint-Martin-d'Aubigny () is a
commune in the
Manche
Manche (, ; Norman language, Norman: ) is a coastal Departments of France, French ''département'' in Normandy (administrative region), Normandy on the English Channel, which is known as , literally "the sleeve", in French. Manche is bordered by ...
department in
Normandy
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Normandy comprises Normandy (administrative region), mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular N ...
in north-western
France
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.
History
The name of ''Aubigny'' is mentioned under diverse forms in
Medieval Latin
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and in
Old French
Old French (, , ; ) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France approximately between the late 8th [2-4; we might wonder whether there's a point at which it's appropriate to talk of the beginnings of French, that is, when it wa ...
: ''Albignio'' (11th century); ''Albigneio'' (ab. 1175); ''Aubigni'' (ab 1180). Its original form was ''*Albiniācum'', a Romanization of the name of an earlier Gallo-Roman property (suffix ''-(i)acum'' < Gaulish Celtic ''-ako'') + the personal name of its owner, a certain Albinius, Latin personal name popular in Gaul at that time.
[François de Beaurepaire, Les Noms des communes et anciennes paroisses de la Manche, éditions Picard, Paris, 1986, p. 204.]
See also
*Communes of the Manche department
References
Communes of Manche, Saintmartindaubigny
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