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Périgueux

/pe.ʁi.ɡø/

proper noun/pe.ʁi.ɡø/

Périgueux (a commune, the prefecture of the department of Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)

Roman name, from Latin Petrocorii, Gaulish tribe name, from *petru (“four”) + *corii (“tribes”), from Proto-Celtic *kʷetwores (“four”) + *koryos (“army, tribe”). Compare Old Irish cuire.