Dordogne

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proper noun

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

OriginFrench Dordogne →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. Capital: Périgueux.
  2. 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.

Origin

  1. FrenchDordogne
  2. EnglishDordogne

From French Dordogne.

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Translations

Arabic دُورْدُونيي
  • دُورْدُونيي (durdunīy)department
Basque Dordoina
  • Dordoinadepartment
Bulgarian Дордон
  • Дордон (Dordon)department
Catalan Dordonya
  • Dordonyadepartment
Chinese Mandarin 多爾多涅 /多尔多涅
  • 多爾多涅 /多尔多涅 (Duō'ěrduōniè)department
Danish Dordogne
  • Dordognedepartment
French Dordogne, Dordogne
  • Dordognedepartment
  • Dordogneriver
Greek Δορδόνη
  • Δορδόνη (Dordóni)department
Hindi दोर्दोंग
  • दोर्दोंग (dordoṅg)department
Italian Dordogna, Dordogna
  • Dordognadepartment
  • Dordognariver
Japanese ドルドーニュ
  • ドルドーニュ (Dorudōnyu)department
Korean 도르도뉴주
  • 도르도뉴주 (Doreudonyuju)department
Latin Dordonia
  • Dordoniadepartment
Latvian Dordoņa
  • Dordoņadepartment
Lithuanian Dordonė
  • Dordonėdepartment
Portuguese Dordonha
  • Dordonhadepartment
Russian Дордо́нь
  • Дордо́нь (Dordónʹ)department
Spanish Dordoña, Dordoña
  • Dordoñadepartment
  • Dordoñariver
Thai ดอร์ดอญ
  • ดอร์ดอญ (dòt-on)department
Ukrainian Дордонь
  • Дордонь (Dordonʹ)department
Cite this entry
APA

Dordogne. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dordogne

MLA

“Dordogne.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dordogne. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Dordogne,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dordogne.

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