Ariège
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Ariège
- One of the départements in Occitanie, France (INSEE code 09)
- Meronym: Couserans
- A tributary of the Garonne
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département
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Etymology edit
The department is named after the river; said to be from Latin aurigera (“bearing gold”), referring to the Gauls' practice of panning gold.[1]
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Ariège f
- Ariège (a department of Occitanie, France)
- Meronym: Couserans
- Ariège (a right tributary of the Garonne in Occitanie, France)
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- ^ Aperçu historique sur l'exploitation des métaux dans la Gaule [archive]. A. Daubrée. p. 300
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Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French Ariège.
Proper noun edit
Ariège m
- Ariège (a department of Occitanie, France)
- Ariège (river)