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Dordogne.

Dordogne (a department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France)

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  1. Dordogne (a department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France)

    feminine
  2. Dordogne (a long river in south-central and southwestern France, emptying into the Gironde estuary, flowing through the departments of Puy-de-Dôme, Corrèze, Lot, Dordogne and Gironde)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Named after the river Dordogne, from Latin Duranius (named by Ausonius). Folk etymology derives it from two mountain streams, Dor (shortened from mont d' or (“mountain of gold”) and dogne, from dord (“babbling, muttering”) (imitative) + aven (“river”), though this may have influenced the spelling.

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