Doubs

English

Etymology

From French Doubs, from Gaulish, from the root of Proto-Celtic *dubus (“black”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /duː/
  • Rhymes: -uː
  • Homophones: do, doo; (yod-dropping accents) Homophones: dew, due

Proper noun

Doubs

  2. A department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. Capital: Besançon.
  4. A left tributary of the Saône, running through the cantons of Neuchâtel and Jura, Switzerland and the departments of Doubs, Jura and Saône-et-Loire, France.

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French

Etymology

From Gaulish Dubis, from the root of Proto-Celtic *dubus (“black”). Compare Latin Dūbis, Breton du (“black”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /du/
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Audio (Île-de-France):(file)
  • Homophone: doux

Proper noun

Doubs m

  1. Doubs (a left tributary of the Saône, running through the cantons of Neuchâtel and Jura, Switzerland and the departments of Doubs, Jura and Saône-et-Loire, France)
  2. Doubs (a department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)
    Meronyms: Doubien, Doubiste

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