Gironde

See also: gironde

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dʒɪˈɹɒnd/, /ʒɪˈɹɒnd/
  • (US) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɪˈɹɑnd/
  • Rhymes: -ɒnd

Proper noun

Gironde

  1. An estuary formed by the French rivers Garonne and Dordogne; Official name: Gironde estuary
  2. One of the departments in the region of Aquitaine (now part of New Aquitaine), France.

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French

Etymology

Named after the two rivers it joins, Garonne and Dordogne.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒi.ʁɔ̃d/
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Proper noun

Gironde m

  1. Gironde (a department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)
  2. Gironde (an estuary in southwestern France)

Derived terms

References

  • Charnock, Richard Stephen (1859): Local Etymology: A Derivative Dictionary of Geographical Names
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