# Vendée

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /vɒ̃ˈdeɪ/

## Definitions
1. A department of Pays de la Loire, France. Capital: La Roche-sur-Yon.
2. A right tributary of the Sèvre Niortaise in western France, flowing through the departments of Deux-Sèvres, Vendée and Charente-Maritime.

## Etymology
From French Vendée, possibly from Gaulish *vindos (“white”), from Proto-Celtic *windos (“white”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/vendee