"Loire" meaning in English

See Loire in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈlwɑː(ɹ)/, /ləˈwɑː(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Loire.wav
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ) Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*legʰ-}}, {{bor|en|fr|Loire}} French Loire, {{der|en|la|Liger}} Latin Liger, {{der|en|cel-gau|-}} Gaulish, {{cog|fr|lie}} French lie, {{m+|en|lees}} English lees, {{der|en|cel-pro|*legyā}} Proto-Celtic *legyā, {{der|en|ine-pro|*legʰ-||to lie, lay}} Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie, lay”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Loire
  1. The longest river in France. Categories (place): Places in France, Rivers in France Translations (river): لوار (lwār) [feminine] (Arabic), Լուարա (Luara) (Armenian), Liger (Breton), Loer (Breton), Loar (Breton), Rivier-Naoned (Breton), Лоа́ра (Loára) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Loira [masculine] (Catalan), 盧瓦爾河 /卢瓦尔河 (Lúwǎ'ěr hé) (Chinese Mandarin), Loira [feminine] (Corsican), Loira [feminine] (Czech), Loire (Danish), Lêre (Franco-Provençal), Loire [feminine] (French), ლუარა (luara) (Georgian), Loire [feminine] (German), Loira [feminine] (Italian), ロワール (Rowāru) (Japanese), Liger [masculine] (Latin), ल्वार (lvār) [feminine] (Marathi), Léger [masculine] (Occitan), Leir [masculine] (Occitan), Loara [feminine] (Polish), Loire [masculine] (Portuguese), Líger [masculine] (Portuguese), Loara [feminine] (Romanian), Луа́ра (Luára) [feminine] (Russian), Loira (Spanish), Loire (Turkish), Луа́ра (Luára) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-Loire-en-name-tpn29tTV Disambiguation of 'river': 100 0
  2. One of the departments in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Capital: Saint-Étienne Categories (place): Departments of France, Places in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Places in France Translations (department): Lêre (Franco-Provençal), Loire [feminine] (French), Loire (German), Léger (Occitan), Loara [feminine] (Polish), Loira (Spanish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Maine-et-Loire
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    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
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    "Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)/1 syllable",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)/2 syllables",
    "Terms with Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Armenian translations",
    "Terms with Breton translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Corsican translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Franco-Provençal translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Marathi translations",
    "Terms with Occitan translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Maine-et-Loire"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "Loire"
      },
      "expansion": "French Loire",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "Liger"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin Liger",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cel-gau",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Gaulish",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "lie"
      },
      "expansion": "French lie",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "lees"
      },
      "expansion": "English lees",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*legyā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *legyā",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*legʰ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to lie, lay"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie, lay”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Loire",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Places in France",
        "en:Rivers in France"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The longest river in France."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "France",
          "France#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Departments of France",
        "en:Places in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes",
        "en:Places in France"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One of the departments in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Capital: Saint-Étienne"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "departments",
          "department"
        ],
        [
          "Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes",
          "Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes#English"
        ],
        [
          "France",
          "France#English"
        ],
        [
          "Saint-Étienne",
          "Saint-Étienne#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlwɑː(ɹ)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ləˈwɑː(ɹ)/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑː(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "lwār",
      "sense": "river",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "لوار"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "Luara",
      "sense": "river",
      "word": "Լուարա"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "river",
      "word": "Liger"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "river",
      "word": "Loer"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "river",
      "word": "Loar"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "river",
      "word": "Rivier-Naoned"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "Loára",
      "sense": "river",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Лоа́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "river",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Loira"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Lúwǎ'ěr hé",
      "sense": "river",
      "word": "盧瓦爾河 /卢瓦尔河"
    },
    {
      "code": "co",
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "sense": "river",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Loira"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "river",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Loira"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "river",
      "word": "Loire"
    },
    {
      "code": "frp",
      "lang": "Franco-Provençal",
      "sense": "river",
      "word": "Lêre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "river",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Loire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "luara",
      "sense": "river",
      "word": "ლუარა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "river",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Loire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "river",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Loira"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Rowāru",
      "sense": "river",
      "word": "ロワール"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "river",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Liger"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "lvār",
      "sense": "river",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ल्वार"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "river",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Léger"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "river",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Leir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "river",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Loara"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "river",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Loire"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "river",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Líger"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "river",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Loara"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Luára",
      "sense": "river",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Луа́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "river",
      "word": "Loira"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "river",
      "word": "Loire"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Luára",
      "sense": "river",
      "word": "Луа́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "frp",
      "lang": "Franco-Provençal",
      "sense": "department",
      "word": "Lêre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "department",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Loire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "department",
      "word": "Loire"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "department",
      "word": "Léger"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "department",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Loara"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "department",
      "word": "Loira"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Loire"
  ],
  "word": "Loire"
}

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