#178659 - 08/12/08 09:12 AM
French place names
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stranger
Registered: 08/12/08
Posts: 2
Loc: California
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Hi -- I am new to this site and hoping that it is OK to ask a non-English question. We live part time in Languedoc (just West of Provence) and a huge number of village names in the area end in '-argues'. Examples: Lansargues, Baillargues, Saturargues -- the list is endless. And of course, just to the South is Camargue (no 's' here). I have failed so far to find anything on the meaning or etymology of this suffix (?). Any hints?
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#178666 - 08/12/08 12:48 PM
Re: French place names
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 08/27/02
Posts: 2064
Loc: British Columbia, Canada
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Hi
Just wondering what the neighbouring languages are in your area. (High school geography was a long time ago.)
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#178668 - 08/12/08 01:01 PM
Re: French place names
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Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 04/03/00
Posts: 9577
Loc: this too shall pass
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Zed, if you check the thread above the salt* where nuncle addresses this question, you'll see a link to a very nice geographical type chart (read: map) which shows the frequency of -argues. here's another, more specific to language. *making the same post in two different forums usually only tends to divide possibly useful replies.
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#180822 - 12/10/08 04:30 PM
Re: French place names
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old hand
Registered: 06/23/08
Posts: 1007
Loc: Frozenwastesistan
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Just west of Provence. Could it be influenced by Provencal?
Isn't that a Latin offshoot?
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#180838 - 12/11/08 11:17 AM
Re: French place names
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old hand
Registered: 06/23/08
Posts: 1007
Loc: Frozenwastesistan
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And was not Languedoc a former "province"? It seems like it was a place name before the revolution. In the era's of monarchical France.
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#180895 - 12/12/08 05:17 PM
Re: French place names
[Re: zmjezhd]
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old hand
Registered: 06/23/08
Posts: 1007
Loc: Frozenwastesistan
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Love it! There is so much to be learned, even for an old school teacher. Appreciate the update. The old French provinces were so romantic. Wine districts as well. Every so often they creep into one's life. Heard Aquitaine mentioned in an old movie the other day.
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