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Sarre-Libre

/saʁ.libʁ/

proper noun/saʁ.libʁ/

Official name of Saarlouis from 1793 until 1810.

From Sarre (“Saar”) + libre (“free”). Renamed from Sarrelouis (named after Louis XIV of France, its founder) after the French Revolution and the associated wave of anti-monarchical sentiment.