La Rochelle

Larochelle English Etymology en fr La Rochelle, from en fro rochelle little rock. Pronunciation en /ˌla ɹɒˈʃɛl/ UK, lă' rŏ-shĕlʹ en /ˌlɑ ɹoʊˈʃɛl/ US, lä' rō-shĕlʹ en ɛl en La Ro chelle Proper noun La Rochelle en Q82185 en port city/capital dept/Charente-Maritime r/Nouvelle-Aquitaine c/France on the bay/Bay of Biscay formerly in r/Poitou-Charentes. en 1997 Kurlansky Mark Mark Kurlansky Chapter 4: 1620: The Rock and the Cod Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World Walker 9781440672873 The ships would leave Europe in April, when there was a good easterly wind. Trans-Atlantic mariners wanted the wind dead on the stern, so they could run with it, sticking to the same latitude—a method called easting and westing. Columbus, Cabot, and many others had done this. If a ship left the harbor at La Rochelle, dropping below the two islands that protect that harbor, and then stuck to its latitude, it would make landfall at Cape Breton, where the French station of Louisbourg was established so that La Rochelle ships could easily find it. en commune in dept/Haute-Saône r/Bourgogne-Franche-Comté c/France. en locality rurmun/De Salaberry p/Manitoba c/Canada. en suburb city/Johannesburg c/South Africa, named after the city in France. Derived terms en New Rochelle en Rochelle salt Translations city in New Aquitaine, France Arabic: ar لا روشيل f lā rūšīl Breton: br Ar Roc'hell Bulgarian: bg Ла Рошел m French: fr La Rochelle f German: de La Rochelle n Haitian Creole: ht Ròchèl f Irish: ga La Rochelle f Japanese: ja ラ・ロシェル ra rosheru Korean: ko ^라로셸 Latin: la Rūpella f Marathi: mr ला रोशेल Occitan: oc La Rochèla f Poitevin-Saintongeais: roa-poi La Rochéle f Spanish: es La Rochelle f, es La Rochela f Anagrams en aceehlllor chlorellae French fr: Etymology the Little Rock, from fr fro rochelle. Equivalent to fr roche -elle. Pronunciation fr ɛl fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Jules78120-La Rochelle.wav Proper noun f La Rochelle fr La Rochelle port city/and/commune dept/Charente-Maritime r/Nouvelle-Aquitaine c/France Derived terms fr rochelais m, fr rochelaise f fr Rochelais m, fr Rochelaise f Descendants 1 en La Rochelle Rochelle en New Rochelle 1 fr New Rochelle 1 1 fr La Nouvelle-Rochelle 1