Loire

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlwɑː(ɹ)/, /ləˈwɑː(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

Loire

2. 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.
4. A department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Capital: Saint-Étienne.

• Maine-et-Loire

• reoil, El Rio, oiler, Lorie, Le Roi, Leroi, oriel, LeRoi, re-oil, Oriel

Inherited 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.

• IPA^(key): /lwaʁ/

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• Homophones: loir, loirs

Loire f

1. Loire (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. Loire (a department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)

• ligérien

• → Catalan: Loira
• → English: Loire
• → Polish: Loara
• → Spanish: Loira

• Liger (obsolete)

• IPA^(key): /lo̯aːr/, [loˈaː(ɐ̯)]

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die Loire f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Loire)

1. Loire (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)

Loire m

1. Loire (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. Loire (a department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)