English Explanatory Dictionary

Loire

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The longest river in France, passing (from southeast to northwest) through the departments of Ardèche, Haute-Loire, Loire, Saône-et-Loire, Allier, Nièvre, Cher, Loiret, Loir-et-Cher, Indre-et-Loire, Maine-et-Loire and Loire-Atlantique.
  2. A department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Capital: Saint-Étienne.

Pronunciation

/ˈlwɑː(ɹ)/ /ləˈwɑː(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Loire.wav

Word forms

Loire

Etymology

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.

Related words

Maine-et-Loire Meung-sur-Loire
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