- Loire River
- nounthe longest French river; rises in the Massif Central and flows north and west to the Atlantic Ocean• Syn: ↑Loire• Instance Hypernyms: ↑river• Part Holonyms: ↑France, ↑French Republic
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Loire River
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Loire River — Infobox River | river name = Loire caption = Loire origin = Massif Central mouth = Atlantic Ocean coord|47|16|9|N|2|11|9|W|name=Atlantic Ocean Loire|display=inline,title basin countries = France length = 1,013 km (629 miles) elevation = 1,408 m… … Wikipedia
Loire River — River, southeastern France. The longest river in France, it flows north and west for 634 mi (1,020 km) to the Bay of Biscay, which it enters through a wide estuary below Saint Nazaire. Embankments were built as early as the 12th century, and in… … Universalium
Loire Valley (wine) — Loire Valley (wine region) Country France Sub regions Anjou, Muscadet, Sancer … Wikipedia
Loire-Atlantique — Department … Wikipedia
Loire — prop. n. a French river which flows into the North Atlantic. Syn: Loire River. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Loire Valley — The Loire Valley between Sully sur Loire and Chalonnes * UNESCO World Heritage Site Château d Azay le Rideau … Wikipedia
Loire — This article is about the French department. For the river, see Loire (river). For the valley, see Loire Valley. For the gun, see Loire Mk. Loire Department … Wikipedia
river — river1 riverless, adj. riverlike, adj. /riv euhr/, n. 1. a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels. 2. a similar stream of something other than water: a… … Universalium
Loire — noun the longest French river; rises in the Massif Central and flows north and west to the Atlantic Ocean • Syn: ↑Loire River • Instance Hypernyms: ↑river • Part Holonyms: ↑France, ↑French Republic … Useful english dictionary
Loire Valley — noun the valley of the Loire River where many French wines originated • Instance Hypernyms: ↑valley, ↑vale • Part Holonyms: ↑France, ↑French Republic … Useful english dictionary
