La Tour-du-Crieu

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From French La Tour-du-Crieu.

Proper noun[edit]

La Tour-du-Crieu

  1. A village in the Ariège department, France

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French[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

  • IPA(key): /la tuʁ.dy.kʁi.jø/

Proper noun[edit]

La Tour-du-Crieu ?

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

References[edit]

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