Niort

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Etymology[edit]

From French Niort.

Victor Hugo street in Niort.

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Niort

  1. A commune, the capital of the Deux-Sèvres department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, in western France.

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Middle French Noiordo, from Medieval Latin Noverogus, Latinized Gaulish name, from Proto-Celtic *nowyos (new) (Proto-Indo-European *néwos) + *ɸritus (ford).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /njɔʁ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -jɔʁ

Proper noun[edit]

Niort m

  1. Niort (commune in Deux-Sèvres, France)

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Descendants[edit]

  • English: Niort

References[edit]

  • Xavier Delamarre, Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise. Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental

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