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stuboy wrote:FC Lorient A please - although in the UK they are the called "The Orient"!
sempaispellcheck wrote:stuboy wrote:FC Lorient A please - although in the UK they are the called "The Orient"!
Makes sense - L'Orient = The Orient = The East (in both English and French).
Interesting to note that Lorient is located in France's Brittany region in the northwest part of the country.
Go figure.
sempai
Mishalex wrote:sempaispellcheck wrote:stuboy wrote:FC Lorient A please - although in the UK they are the called "The Orient"!
Makes sense - L'Orient = The Orient = The East (in both English and French).
Interesting to note that Lorient is located in France's Brittany region in the northwest part of the country.
Go figure.
sempai
Hey, i found the explanation (in French of course), could you translate mate?
Lorient est créé en 1666 pour répondre au développement de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales (françaises), fondée par Jean-Baptiste Colbert en 1664 à Port-Louis. L'exiguïté de Port-Louis entraîne l'installation du chantier naval dans une zone de friche nommée "le Faouëdic" située en amont de Port-Louis, à la jonction du Scorff et du Blavet. Le premier vaisseau qui y est construit s'appelle le "Le Soleil d'Orient". Les habitants, qui avaient pris l'habitude de se rendre à "L'orient" pour voir son avancement, donnèrent son nom à la nouvelle ville.
Mishalex wrote:sempaispellcheck wrote:stuboy wrote:FC Lorient A please - although in the UK they are the called "The Orient"!
Makes sense - L'Orient = The Orient = The East (in both English and French).
Interesting to note that Lorient is located in France's Brittany region in the northwest part of the country.
Go figure.
sempai
Hey, i found the explanation (in French of course), could you translate mate?
The city of Lorient was founded in 1666 to support the French East Indies Company*, which had been founded by Jean-Baptiste Colbert in 1664 in nearby Port-Louis. The small size of Port-Louis led to the construction of a dockyard in an uncultivated area known as Faouédic, located upstream from Port-Louis at the junction of the Scorff and Blavet rivers. The first ship built there was named "The Oriental Sun." The inhabitants of the region, who had gotten into the habit of coming to "the Orient" to watch the ship being built, gave its name to their new city.
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