Etymology

Doubs

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Today it means: A department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. Capital: Besançon. Full definition →

French Doubs ← Proto-Celtic *dubus
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  1. Proto-Celtic · derived from*dubus“black”
  2. French · borrowed fromDoubs
  3. English todayDoubs

From French Doubs, from Gaulish, from the root of Proto-Celtic *dubus (“black”).

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