Loire

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlwɑː(ɹ)/, /ləˈwɑː(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

Loire

1. The longest river in France.
2. One of the departments in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Capital: Saint-Étienne

• Maine-et-Loire

• El Rio, Le Roi, LeRoi, Leroi, Lorie, oiler, oriel, reoil

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.

• IPA^(key): /lwaʁ/

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• Homophones: loir, loirs

Loire f

1. Loire (a department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)
2. Loire (a major river in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Centre-Val de Loire and Pays de la Loire regions, France)

• ligérien

• Liger (obsolete)

• IPA^(key): /lo̯aːr/, [loˈaː(ɐ̯)]

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die Loire f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Loire)

1. Loire (a river in France)

Loire m

1. Loire (a river in France)