Noviodunum
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Noviodunum is a name of Latin-Celtic origin, meaning "new fort": It comes from novus, Latin for "new", and dunum, the Celtic for "hillfort" or "fortified settlement".
Several places were named Noviodunum. Among these:
- Isaccea, Romania
- Jublains, Mayenne, France, capital of the Aulerci Diablintes
- also Noviodunum Biturigum: Neung-sur-Beurvron, Loir-et-Cher, capital of the Bituriges
- Nevers, Nièvre, France
- Nyon, Vaud, Switzerland (formed the city centre of Julius Caesar's 45 BC foundation of Colonia Iulia Equestris)
- Pommiers, Aisne, France (oppidum of the Suessiones, situated on the nearby heights of Soissons)
- Neung-sur-Beuvron (Noviodunum Biturigum) (Loir-et-Cher), where Vercingetorix fought Julius Caesar in 52 BC.
