Blois

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French Blois. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /blwɑː/ === Proper noun === Blois A city and commune, the prefecture of Loir-et-Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France. ==== Derived terms ==== Bloisian ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Silbo, bilos, boils, bolis == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French Blais, Bleis, from Late Latin Blesēnses, Blesensibus, Blesis (Merovingian), from Gallo-Roman *Blesu, a Celtic/Gaulish name possibly meaning "wolf," from Proto-Celtic *bledyos (“wolf”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /blwa/ ~ /blwɑ/ === Proper noun === Blois m Blois (a city and commune, the prefecture of Loir-et-Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France) ==== Derived terms ==== blésois m, blésoise f Blésois m, Blésois f === References === Xavier Delamarre, Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise, Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental, Errance, Collection des Hespérides, 2003