La Tour-du-Crieu
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English
Etymology
From French La Tour-du-Crieu.
Proper noun
La Tour-du-Crieu
Holonyms
Translations
village in Ariège
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French
Etymology
Cognate with Occitan La Tor del Criu. Created in 1915 in replacement of Les Allemans which sounded too unpatriotic in the context of the war with Germany.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
- La Tour-du-Crieu (a village in the Ariège department, France)
- Synonym: Les Allemans
References
- Jòrdi Deledar and Patrici Poujade, "L'Occitan parlé en Ariège", 2001, Pamiers, Cercle Occitan Prospèr Estieu, →ISBN, Page 73.