Blois

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Blois.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blwɑː/

Proper noun

Blois

1. 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

1. 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