Dordogne

From French Dordogne.

Dordogne

2. A department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. Capital: Périgueux.
4. A long river in south-central and southwestern France, emptying into the Gironde estuary, flowing through the departments of Puy-de-Dôme, Corrèze, Lot, Dordogne and Gironde.

Named after the river Dordogne, from Latin Duranius (named by Ausonius).

Folk etymology derives it from two mountain streams, Dor (shortened from mont d' or (“mountain of gold”) and dogne, from dord (“babbling, muttering”) (imitative) + aven (“river”), though this may have influenced the spelling.

• IPA^(key): /dɔʁ.dɔɲ/

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1. Dordogne (a department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France)
2. Dordogne (a long river in south-central and southwestern France, emptying into the Gironde estuary, flowing through the departments of Puy-de-Dôme, Corrèze, Lot, Dordogne and Gironde)

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• Charnock, Richard Stephen (1859): Local Etymology: A Derivative Dictionary of Geographical Names
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