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Limoges

Limoges proper noun: a city, the capital of Haute-Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, formerly the capital of the old Limousin region.

Proper noun

Limoges

  1. A city, the capital of Haute-Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, formerly the capital of the old Limousin region.

Origin of Limoges

Borrowed from French Limoges, from Latin Lemovices (adjective Lemovicinus), name of a Gaulish tribe in central France, most likely a reference to their elm bows and spears; of same ultimate origin as elm.

Words formed from Limoges

Phrases with Limoges

Questions about Limoges

What does Limoges mean?
Limoges means a city, the capital of Haute-Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, formerly the capital of the old Limousin region.
What part of speech is Limoges?
Limoges is a proper noun.

Words near Limoges in the dictionary

  1. limns
  2. limnæmic
  3. limo
  4. limocitrin
  5. limocitrol
  6. Limoges
  7. Limoges ware
  8. Limoges wares
  9. limolike
  10. limon
  11. limonade

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