Limoges

Meaning

Proper Noun

city, capital Haute-Vienne (department) Nouvelle-Aquitaine (region) France (country), formerly the capital of the old Limousin region.

Origin

Borrowed from French Limoges, 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.

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