Richelieu

See also: richelieu

English

Proper noun

Richelieu

1. (with the) A river, the Richelieu River, in Quebec, Canada, which flows from Lake Champlain to the St. Lawrence River, and named after Cardinal Richelieu.
2. (with the) A tributary of the Montmorency River in Quebec, itself a tributary of the St. Lawrence River.
   • 2004, Yves de Lafontaine, Marcel Comiré, “Zebra Mussel Monitoring in the Richelieu River: A Fruitful Interaction between Scientific Research and Public Involvement”, in Thomas O. Manley, Patricia L. Manley, Timothy B. Mihuc, editors, Lake Champlain: Partnerships and Research in the New Millennium, New York, N.Y.: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, →ISBN, page 75:

     To date, the Richelieu is the only tributary of the St. Lawrence that has been invaded and colonized by zebra mussels.

3. A city on the Richelieu River in Rouville Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
4. A commune in Indre-et-Loire department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.

Related terms

• Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu

French

Etymology

From riche +‎ lieu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁi.ʃə.ljø/

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Proper noun

Richelieu ?

1. a French commune, in the Indre-et-Loire departement
2. a surname