English Explanatory Dictionary

Hérault

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A department of Occitania, France. Capital: Montpellier (INSEE code 34).
  2. A river flowing through the departments of Gard and Hérault, in southern France.

Word forms

Hérault

Etymology

From French Hérault. The Hérault River was known in Latin as Arauris (or Araura by Strabo). The name is sometimes considered pre-Celtic although the element Ara- suggests a Celtic root.

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