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Cher.

Cher (a department of Centre-Val de Loire, France)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

name/ʃɛʁ/
  1. Cher (a department of Centre-Val de Loire, France)

    masculine
  2. Cher (a left tributary of the Loire, in central France, flowing through the departments of Creuse, Allier, Cher, Loir-et-Cher and Indre-et-Loire)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Named after the Cher River, from the pre-Indo-European substrate hydronym *kʰar- (“stone”) (compare Ancient Greek κάρκαρος (kárkaros, “rough, jagged”)).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.