Blois

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Blois.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /blwɑː/

Proper noun

Blois

A city and commune, the prefecture of the Loir-et-Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.

Derived terms

Bloisian

Translations

city in Centre, France

Amharic: ብሏ (bəlʷa)
Arabic: بلوا (blwā), بْلُوَة (bluwa)
Armenian: Բլուա (Blua)
Breton: Bleaz
Catalan: Blois m, Bles m
French: Blois (fr) m
Greek: Μπλουά (el) (Blouá)
Italian: Blois m
Japanese: ブロワ (Burowa)
Korean: 블루아 (Beullua)
Latin: Blēsae f pl, Blēsum m
Macedonian: Блоа́ m (Bloá)
Marathi: ब्ल्वा (blvā)
Occitan: Bles m
Picard: Bloés m
Russian: Блуа́ m (Bluá)
Spanish: Blois, Bles m
Thai: บลัว (bluua)
Ukrainian: Блуа́ m (Bluá)

Anagrams

Silbo, bilos, boils, bolis

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French Blais, Bleis, from Late Latin Blesēnses, Blesensibus, Blesis (Merovingian), from Gallo-Roman *Blesu, a Celtic/Gaulish name possibly meaning "wolf," from Proto-Celtic *bledyos (“wolf”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /blwa/, /blwɑ/
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Proper noun

Blois m

Blois (a city and commune, the prefecture of the Loir-et-Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France)

Derived terms

blésois m, blésoise f
Blésois m, Blésois f

References

Xavier Delamarre, Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise, Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental, Errance, Collection des Hespérides, 2003

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