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dordogne

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.24 in modern English

Syllables
dor-dogne
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. Capital: Périgueux.

name

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.

Etymology

From French Dordogne.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does dordogne mean?
A department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. Capital: Périgueux.
Where does dordogne come from?
It is traced to French.

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