Blois

Borrowed from French Blois.

• IPA^(key): /blwɑː/

Blois

1. A city and commune, the prefecture of Loir-et-Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.

• Bloisian

• Silbo, bilos, boils, bolis

Inherited from Old French Blais, Bleis, from Late Latin Blesēnses, Blesensibus, Blesis (Merovingian), from Gallo-Roman *Blesu, a Celtic/Gaulish name possibly meaning "wolf," from Proto-Celtic *bledyos (“wolf”).

• IPA^(key): /blwa/ ~ /blwɑ/

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Blois m

1. Blois (a city and commune, the prefecture of Loir-et-Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France)

• blésois m, blésoise f
• Blésois m, Blésois f

• Xavier Delamarre, Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise, Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental, Errance, Collection des Hespérides, 2003