Loire
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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.
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Loire
- The longest river in France.
- One of the departments in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Capital: Saint-Étienne
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river
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department
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Inherited 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.
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Loire f
- Loire (a department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)
- Loire (a major river in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Centre-Val de Loire and Pays de la Loire regions, France)
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die Loire f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Loire)
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Loire m