Gironde

See also: gironde

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Gironde.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dʒɪˈɹɒnd/, /ʒɪˈɹɒnd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪˈɹɑnd/
• Rhymes: -ɒnd

Proper noun

Gironde

2. The largest department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, France.
4. An estuary in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, France, formed by the merger of the rivers Garonne and Dordogne; the Gironde estuary.

Translations

French department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine

• Arabic: جَرَنْدَة (jaranda)
• Catalan: Gironda f
• Corsican: Gironda f, Ghjironda f
• French: Gironde (fr) f
• Galician: Xironda f
• Greek: Ζιρόντ f (Zirónt)
• Italian: Gironda f
• Japanese: ジロンド (Jirondo), ジロンド県 (Jirondo-ken)
• Latin: Girundia f, Girumna f
• Marathi: झिराँद (jhirŏnda)
• Norman: Girounde f
• Occitan: Gironda (oc) f
• Piedmontese: Gironda f
• Polish: Żyronda (pl) f
• Russian: Жиро́нда (ru) f (Žirónda)
• Sardinian: Gironda f
• West Flemish: Gironde
• West Frisian: Gironde n

Anagrams

• Doering, Negroid, eroding, groined, ignored, negroid, nigredo, redoing

French

Etymology

From Occitan Gironda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒi.ʁɔ̃d/

• Audio (Paris):

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Proper noun

Gironde m

1. Gironde (The largest department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, France)
2. Gironde (an estuary in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, France, formed by the merger of the rivers Garonne and Dordogne the Gironde estuary)

Derived terms

• girondin
• Girondin

References

• Charnock, Richard Stephen (1859): Local Etymology: A Derivative Dictionary of Geographical Names