Loire

Meaning

Proper Noun

• The longest river in France (country).
• One of the departments in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (region), France (country)

Origin

• From French Loire, from Latin Liger, itself borrowed from the native Gaulish name of the river, from *liga (see also French lie, lees), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- ("to lie, lay"), the same source as many words in English such as lie, ledge, etc.