La Tor del Criu

Occitan

Etymology

Cognate with French La Tour-du-Crieu. Created in 1915 in replacement of Les Alamands which sounded too unpatriotic in the context of the war with Germany.

Proper noun

La Tor del Criu ?

1. La Tour-du-Crieu (a village in the Ariège department, France)

   Synonym: Les Alamands

References

• Jòrdi Deledar and Patrici Poujade, "L'Occitan parlé en Ariège", 2001, Pamiers, Cercle Occitan Prospèr Estieu, →ISBN, Page 73.