Blois
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English
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Proper noun
Blois
- A city and commune, the prefecture of the Loir-et-Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
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city in Centre, France
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French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French Blais, Bleis, from Late Latin Blesēnses, Blesensibus, Blesis (Merovingian), from Gallo-Roman *Blesu, a Celtic/Gaulish name possibly meaning "wolf," from Proto-Celtic *bledyos (“wolf”).
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Proper noun
Blois m
- Blois (a city and commune, the prefecture of the Loir-et-Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France)
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References
- Xavier Delamarre, Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise, Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental, Errance, Collection des Hespérides, 2003