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Orange.

Orange (a town in Vaucluse department, in southern France)

6 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

name/ɔ.ʁɑ̃ʒ/
  1. Orange (a town in Vaucluse department, in southern France)

Where this word comes from

From Old French Orenge, from Vulgar Latin *Aurinica, from Latin Arausiō, from Gaulish *arausi (“temple (head), cheek”) (compare Old Irish arae (“temple (of the head)”)). Compare also the Occitan name of the town, Aurenja.

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