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Limoges

/li.mɔʒ/

proper noun/li.mɔʒ/

Limoges (a city, the capital of Haute-Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)

Related: limoger, limougeaud, Limougeaud, Limousin, limousine

Inherited from Latin Lemovices (adjective Lemovicinus), name of a Gaulish tribe in central France, most likely a reference to their elm bows and spears, of same ultimate origin as elm.