Etymology

lieu-dit

Today it means: In France, the smallest piece of land which has a traditional vineyard name assigned to it. Full definition →

French lieu-dit
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  1. French · borrowed fromlieu-dit
  2. English todaylieu-dit

Borrowed from French lieu-dit (literally “said location”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.