Limoges

See also: limoges and limogés

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Limoges, from Latin Lemovices (adjective Lemovicinus), name of a Gaulish tribe in central France, most likely a reference to their elm bows and spears; of same ultimate origin as elm.

Proper noun

Limoges

1. A city, the capital of the Haute-Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, formerly the capital of the old Limousin region.

Derived terms

• Limoges enamel
• Limoges ware

Related terms

• Limousin
• limousine

Translations

city in France

• Catalan: Llemotges
• French: Limoges (fr) f
• Italian: Limoges f
• Latin: Augustoritum n, Lemovicum n
• Occitan: Limòtges (oc), Lemòtges (oc)
• Portuguese: Limoges f

Anagrams

• Mosgiel, semilog

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin Lemovices (adjective Lemovicinus), name of a Gaulish tribe in central France, most likely a reference to their elm bows and spears, of same ultimate origin as elm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.mɔʒ/

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Proper noun

Limoges f

1. Limoges (a city, the capital of the Haute-Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)

Derived terms

• limoger
• limougeaud
• Limougeaud
• Limousin
• limousine

 

Anagrams

• gliomes