Cannes

[kan, kanz; French kan] /kæn, kænz; French kan/
noun
1.
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea: resort; annual film festival.
British Dictionary definitions for Cannes

Cannes

/kæn; kænz; French kan/
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)
Word Origin and History for Cannes

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

Cannes in Culture
Cannes [(kan)]

Fashionable resort on the French Riviera.

Note: Cannes hosts an annual international film festival.