La Rochelle
Syllables: La Ro·chelleUK/ˌla ɹɒˈʃɛl/US/ˌlɑ ɹoʊˈʃɛl/
La Rochelle proper noun: a port city, the capital of Charente-Maritime department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, on the Bay of Biscay, formerly in Poitou-Charentes.
Proper noun
La Rochelle
- A port city, the capital of Charente-Maritime department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, on the Bay of Biscay, formerly in Poitou-Charentes.
- The ships would leave Europe in April, when there was a good easterly wind. Trans-Atlantic mariners wanted the wind dead on the stern, so they could run with it, sticking to the same latitude—a method called easting and westing. Columbus, Cabot, and many others had done this. […] If a ship left the...1997, Mark Kurlansky, “Chapter 4: 1620: The Rock and the Cod”, in Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World, Walker, →ISBN
- A commune in Haute-Saône department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
- A locality in the Rural Municipality of De Salaberry, Manitoba, Canada.
- A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, named after the city in France.
La Rochelle meaning in Marathi and Arabic
La Rochelle in Marathi
- city in New Aquitaine, France
- ला रोशेल lā rośel
La Rochelle in Arabic
- city in New Aquitaine, France
- لا روشيل lā rūšīl
Origin of La Rochelle
Unadapted borrowing from French La Rochelle, from Old French rochelle (literally “little rock”).
Words formed from La Rochelle
Words that rhyme with La Rochelle
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- hell
- hotel
- repel
- smell
- cartel
- dell
- pell
- quell
- as well
- au naturel
- dwell
- expel
- fell
- gel
- lol
- oversell
- stell
- wel
- ABDL
- dispel
- ell
- kell
- knell
- mell
- personnel
- quenelle
- snell
- undersell
- yell
- belle
- death knell
- del
- farewell
- flotel
- foretell
- gazelle
- impel
- mademoiselle
- marcel
- mel
- morell
- Moselle
- motel
- NFL
- overswell
- propel
- pucelle
- rappel
Questions about La Rochelle
- What does La Rochelle mean?
- La Rochelle means a port city, the capital of Charente-Maritime department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, on the Bay of Biscay, formerly in Poitou-Charentes.
- What is La Rochelle in Marathi?
- La Rochelle in Marathi is ला रोशेल (lā rośel). See La Rochelle meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is La Rochelle?
- La Rochelle is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce La Rochelle?
- La Rochelle is pronounced /ˌla ɹɒˈʃɛl/ (UK).
Words near La Rochelle in the dictionary
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