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lɪˈmoʊʒlimo·ges
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GCIDE
Limogesnoun
A variety of fine porcelain manufactured at Limoges; also called Limoges ware or Limoges China.
Wiktionary
Limogesnoun
A city in France, capital of the Limousin region.
Wikipedia
Limoges
Limoges (, US also , French: [limɔʒ] (listen); Occitan: Lemòtges, locally Limòtges [liˈmɔdzes]) is a city and commune, and the prefecture of the Haute-Vienne department in west-central France. It was the administrative capital of the former Limousin region. Situated on the first western foothills of the Massif Central, Limoges is crossed by the river Vienne, of which it was originally the first ford crossing point. The second most populated town in the New Aquitaine region after Bordeaux, a university town, an administrative centre and intermediate services with all the facilities of a regional metropolis, it has an urban area of 323,789 inhabitants in 2018. The inhabitants of the city are called the Limougeauds. Founded around 10 BC under the name of Augustoritum, it became an important Gallo-Roman city. During the Middle Ages Limoges became a large city, strongly marked by the cultural influence of the Abbey of Saint-Martial, where the Dukes of Aquitaine were invested and crowned. From the 12th century onwards, its enamels were exported throughout the Christian world. In 1765, during the industrial revolution, the discovery of a deposit of kaolin in the Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche region enabled the development of the Limoges porcelain industry. It is sometimes nicknamed "the red city" or "the Rome of socialism" because of its tradition of voting on the left and the workers' events it experienced from the 19th to the beginning of the 20th century. Since the 1990s, the city has had a basketball club, Limoges CSP, which has won several French championships and the European championship in 1993. Because of its heritage policy, it has held the label "City of Art and History" since 2008. Economic activities include butchering, electrical equipment for the building industry, and luxury goods. It is home to porcelain houses and art workshops working with enamel or stained glass. This specialty led it to join the UNESCO Creative Cities Network in 2017 in the thematic category "Crafts and Popular Arts".
Webster Dictionary
Limogesnoun
a city of Southern France
Wikidata
Limoges
Limoges is a city and commune, the capital of the Haute-Vienne department and the administrative capital of the Limousin région in west-central France. Limoges is known for its medieval enamels on copper, for its 19th-century porcelain and for its oak barrels which are used for Cognac production.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Limoges
chief town in the dep. of Haute-Vienne, on the Vienne River, 250 m. S. of Paris; has a Gothic cathedral; is one of the chief manufacturing towns of France. Its porcelain and woollen cloths are widely famed; it has a large transit trade; it gives name to a fine kind of surface enamel, which was brought to perfection there.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
limoges
A town of France, in the department of the Upper Vienne, on the Vienne. It was besieged and taken by the English in 1370.
Etymology and Origins
Limoges
Anciently called “Lemovica,” from the Lemovices, the people who settled in this portion of Gaul.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
LIMOGES
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Limoges is ranked #42237 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Limoges surname appeared 514 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Limoges.
94.9% or 488 total occurrences were White.
2.3% or 12 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.3% or 7 total occurrences were of two or more races.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Limoges in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Limoges in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of Limoges in a Sentence
The vegetarian and vegan movements are not very well accepted in Limoges or Limousin, and that creates a tension.
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