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| The Adour River |
Adour. A river flowing
for 335 km in south-western France (Occitania and New Aquitaine regions) and
flowing into the Bay of Biscay of the Atlantic Ocean.
The
hydronym Adour is an ancient
composite consisting of two components – Ad-
+ -our, which reflect substrate
hydronymic terms found in the names of water bodies in different territories.
© A. F. Rogalev. General hydronymics. Regularities in the nomination of water objects. – Gomel: Francysk Skoryna State University of Gomel, 2006.
