Loire en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ləˈwɑː(ɹ)/
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈlwɑː(ɹ)/
Etymology
From French Loire, from Latin Liger, itself borrowed from the native Gaulish name of the river, from *liga (“silt, sediment, deposit, alluvium”) (see also French lie, English lees), from Proto-Celtic *legyā, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie, lay”), the same source as many words in English such as lie, ledge, etc.
Meanings
- The longest river in France, passing (from southeast to northwest) through the departments of Ardèche, Haute-Loire, Loire, Saône-et-Loire, Allier, Nièvre, Cher, Loiret, Loir-et-Cher, Indre-et-Loire, Maine-et-Loire and Loire-Atlantique.
- A department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Capital: Saint-Étienne.
Relateds
Maine-et-Loire · Meung-sur-Loire
Translations (38)
br Liger (river) · de Loire (department) · ca Loira (river) · pl Loara (river) · oc Léger (department) · uk Луа́ра (river) · pt Líger (river) · tr Loire (river) · fr Loire (department) · ro Loara (river) · bg Лоа́р (department) · it Loira (river) · es Loira (river) · pl Loara (department) · hy Լուարա (river) · pt Loire (river) · la Liger (river) · fr Loire (river) · ru Луа́ра (river) · nl Loire (river) · frp Lêre (river) · br Rivier-Naoned (river) · bg Лоа́ра (river) · br Loer (river) · br Loar (river) · oc Léger (river) · cs Loira (river) · co Loira (river) · ka ლუარა (river) · da Loire (river) · frp Lêre (department) · oc Leir (river) · cmn 盧瓦爾河 /卢瓦尔河 (river) · ja ロワール (river) · mr ल्वार (river) · es Loira (department) · ar لوار (river) · de Loire (river)