Vaud

Vaud
Recorded in several spellings including Le Valde, La Valde, Lavalde, Leavolde, Valde, Vaud, and possibly others, this is a surname of medieval French origins. According to the Dictionnaire de noms de France, it derives from the ancient word 'vaud' which is either locational from a place called Vaud, or it may be a nickname for a singer or comedian. In this context and as the original Le Valde it described a performer of country songs as in the original word 'Vaudevire,' meaning 'songs of the Vire Valley' (in France), and later Americanised to Vaudeville to describe all sorts of short acts including singing, dancing, acrobatics, conjuring, illusions and other. The surname in England is Huguenot protestant as is shown be the various early recordings in the registers of the French churches in the city of London. A hundred thousand Huguenots fled France in the 17th and early 18th century to avoid persecution, most finding their way to England and The Netherlands. Recordings examples include Jean La Valde at the church known as Le Savoye de Spring Gardens, on May 21st 1750, and a century later George Leavolde, and his wife the former Lisa Davis, at St Leonards Shoreditch, when they were christening witnesses to their son, also called George, on June 25th 1855.

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  • Vaud — cant. de Suisse, entre les lacs Léman et de Neuchâtel; 3 219 km²; 599 790 hab. (Vaudois); ch. l. Lausanne; v. princ. Montreux, Vevey, Yverdon, Nyon. Centré sur Lausanne, le pays de Vaud s étend entre la rive N. du lac Léman et la pointe S. du lac …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Vaud — [vo]: frz. Form von ↑ Waadt. * * * Vaud   [vo], amtlicher Name des schweizerischen Kantons Waadt …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Vaud — (spr. Woh, Pays de V., Canton de V.), so v.w. Waadt …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Vaud — Vaud, Pays de (spr. peïh dĕ woh), franz. Name des schweiz. Kantons Waadt …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Vaud — [vo] (französische Form von Waadt) …   Die deutsche Rechtschreibung

  • Vaud — [vō] canton of W Switzerland: 1,240 sq mi (3,212 sq km); pop. 602,000; cap. Lausanne …   English World dictionary

  • Vaud — Canton de Vaud  Pour les articles homophones, voir Vaux et Vaulx. Canton de Vaud …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Vaud — Infobox Canton|short name=Vaud local names=Vaud|coord= coord|46|37|N|6|33|E|region:CH VD type:adm1st|display=title flag img path=Flag of Canton of Vaud.svg coa img path=Vaud coat of arms.svg locatormap img path=Swiss Canton Map VD.png cantonalmap …   Wikipedia

  • Vaud — /voh/, n. a canton in W Switzerland. 521,600; 1239 sq. mi. (3210 sq. km). Cap.: Lausanne. German, Waadt. * * * ▪ canton, Switzerland (French), German  Waadt,    canton, southwestern Switzerland, bordering France and the Jura Mountains to the west …   Universalium

  • Vaud TV — La Télé Création 2009 Langue Français Pays d origine  Suisse Statut …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Vaud — Der Name Vaud bezeichnet das pays de Vaud, das Waadtland in der Schweiz, siehe Kanton Waadt. eine politische Gemeinde im Distrikt Nyon des Kantons Waadt, siehe Le Vaud. VAUD steht für: Flughafen Udaipur in Indien (ICAO Code) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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