proper noun/lɑ̃ɡ.dɔk/
Languedoc (a former province of southern France; since 2016, part of the region of Occitania)
Related: Languedoc-Roussillon, languedocien, Languedocien, Languedocienne
Univerbation of the phrase langue d'oc (“the language of oc”), from Dante Alighieri’s De vulgari eloquentia, where he wrote in Latin: “nam alii oc, alii si, alii vero dicunt oil” (‘some say òc, others say sì, others say oïl’). Based on the Occitan word òc (“yes”), in contrast to Old French oïl (now French oui).