Doubs

English

Etymology

From French Doubs, from Gaulish, from the root of Proto-Celtic *dubus (“black”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duː/
• Rhymes: -uː
• Homophones: do, doo; (yod-dropping accents) Homophones: dew, due

Proper noun

Doubs

2. A department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. Capital: Besançon.
4. A left tributary of the Saône, running through the cantons of Neuchâtel and Jura, Switzerland and the departments of Doubs, Jura and Saône-et-Loire, France.

Translations

river

• French: Doubs (fr) m
• Marathi: डू f (ḍū)
• Occitan: Dobs m

department of France

• Catalan: Dubs m, Doubs m
• French: Doubs (fr) m
• Italian: Doubs m
• Japanese: ドゥー (Dū)
• Latin: Dubis
• Marathi: डू m (ḍū)
• Occitan: Dobs m, Doubs m

Further reading

• Doubs (river) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Doubs on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• bouds

French

Etymology

From Gaulish Dubis, from the root of Proto-Celtic *dubus (“black”). Compare Latin Dūbis, Breton du (“black”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du/
• Rhymes: -u

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• Homophone: doux

Proper noun

Doubs m

1. Doubs (a left tributary of the Saône, running through the cantons of Neuchâtel and Jura, Switzerland and the departments of Doubs, Jura and Saône-et-Loire, France)
2. Doubs (a department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)

   Meronyms: Doubien, Doubiste

Further reading

• Doubs (rivière) on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
• Doubs (département) on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr