la rochelle
/ˌlɑ ɹoʊˈʃɛl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A port city, the capital of Charente-Maritime department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, on the Bay of Biscay, formerly in Poitou-Charentes.
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A commune in Haute-Saône department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
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A locality in the Rural Municipality of De Salaberry, Manitoba, Canada.
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A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, named after the city in France.
Example Sentences
- "The ships would leave Europe in April, when there was a good easterly wind. Trans-Atlantic mariners wanted the wind dead on the stern, so they could run with it, sticking to the same latitude—a method called easting and westing. Columbus, Cabot, and many others had done this. […] If a ship left the harbor at La Rochelle, dropping below the two islands that protect that harbor, and then stuck to its latitude, it would make landfall at Cape Breton, where the French station of Louisbourg was established so that La Rochelle ships could easily find it."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Old French
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌlɑ ɹoʊˈʃɛl/
- British English: /ˌla ɹɒˈʃɛl/