Loire
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Loire
- /ˈlwɑː(ɹ)/
- /ləˈwɑː(ɹ)/
Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)
Where it comes from
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.
proper noun
- The longest river in France, passing (from southeast to northwest) through the departments of Ardèche, Haute-Loire, Loire, Saône-et-Loire, Allier, Nièvre, Cher, Loiret, Loir-et-Cher, Indre-et-Loire, Maine-et-Loire and Loire-Atlantique.
- A department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Capital: Saint-Étienne.
Translations
Talk about this word "Loire." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/loire. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Loire. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/loire "Loire." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/loire.Cite this
@misc{loire_2026,
title = {Loire},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/loire},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
