English Explanatory Dictionary

La Rochelle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A port city, the capital of Charente-Maritime department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, on the Bay of Biscay, formerly in Poitou-Charentes.
  2. A commune in Haute-Saône department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
  3. A locality in the Rural Municipality of De Salaberry, Manitoba, Canada.
  4. A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, named after the city in France.

Pronunciation

/ˌla ɹɒˈʃɛl/ lă' rŏ-shĕlʹ /ˌlɑ ɹoʊˈʃɛl/ lä' rō-shĕlʹ

Word forms

La Rochelle

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French La Rochelle, from Old French rochelle (literally “little rock”).

Derived words

New Rochelle Rochelle salt

Translations

Arabic: لا روشيل Breton: Ar Roc'hell Bulgarian: Ла Рошел French: La Rochelle German: La Rochelle Haitian Creole: Ròchèl Irish: La Rochelle Japanese: ラ・ロシェル Korean: 라로셸 Latin: Rūpella Marathi: ला रोशेल Occitan: La Rochèla Poitevin-Saintongeais: La Rochéle Spanish: La Rochelle Spanish: La Rochela
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