cannes

noun

1. a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea: resort; annual film festival.

noun

1. a port and resort in SE France: developed in the 19th century from a fishing village; annual film festival. Pop: 67 304 (1999)

city on the French Riviera, perhaps from a pre-Indo-European word *kan, meaning “height.” The film festival dates from 1946.

Fashionable resort on the French Riviera.