La Tour-du-Crieu

English

Etymology

From French La Tour-du-Crieu.

Proper noun

La Tour-du-Crieu

1. A village in the Ariège department, France

Holonyms

• Ariège

Translations

village in Ariège

• French: La Tour-du-Crieu (fr)
• Marathi: ला टुर-डु-क्रियू n (lā ṭur-ḍu-kriyū)
• Occitan: La Tor del Criu

French

Etymology

Cognate with Occitan La Tor del Criu. Created in 1915 in replacement of Les Allemans which sounded too unpatriotic in the context of the war with Germany.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la tuʁ.dy.kʁi.jø/

Proper noun

La Tour-du-Crieu ?

1. La Tour-du-Crieu (a village in the Ariège department, France)

   Synonym: Les Allemans

References

• Jòrdi Deledar and Patrici Poujade, "L'Occitan parlé en Ariège", 2001, Pamiers, Cercle Occitan Prospèr Estieu, →ISBN, Page 73.