La Rochelle

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌla ɹɒˈʃɛl/, enPR: lă' rŏ-shĕlʹ
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌlɑ ɹoʊˈʃɛl/, enPR: lä' rō-shĕlʹ
• Rhymes: -ɛl
• Hyphenation: La Ro‧chelle

La Rochelle

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.

• New Rochelle
• Rochelle salt

• chlorellae

Literally, “the Little Rock”, from Old French rochelle. Equivalent to roche +‎ -elle.

• IPA^(key): /la ʁɔ.ʃɛl/
• Rhymes: -ɛl

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La Rochelle f

1. La Rochelle (a port city and commune of Charente-Maritime department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)

• rochelais m, rochelaise f
• Rochelais m, Rochelaise f

• → English: La Rochelle, Rochelle
  • ⇒ English: New Rochelle
    • → French: New Rochelle → La Nouvelle-Rochelle (calque)