The Bormida (''Bormia'' in
Piedmontese language
Piedmontese (; autonym: or , in it, piemontese) is a language spoken by some 2,000,000 people mostly in Piedmont, northwestern region of Italy. Although considered by most linguists a separate language, in Italy it is often mistakenly regar ...
) is a river of north-west
Italy.
Toponymy
The hydronym ''Bormida'' derives from the pre-Roman Ligurian proto-form ''*bormo'' ('warm or bubbling water'), also linked to the names of the gods of the springs ''Bormō'' and ''Bormānus''. Similar hydronyms are present in the region: the river
Borbera
The Borbera (''Borbëa'' in Ligurian or ''Borbaja'' in Piedmontese) is a major '' torrente'' (a stream whose flow is marked by a high degree of seasonal variation) of the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont.
Geography
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and the river
Borbore, but also the town of
Bormio
Bormio ( lmo, Bormi, rm, italic=yes, , german: Worms im Veltlintal) is a town and '' comune'' with a population of about 4,100 located in the Province of Sondrio, Lombardy region of the Alps in northern Italy.
The centre of the upper Valtellina ...
in
Lombardy
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know since the ancient times for the thermal waters and the town of Burbons les bains in France known for the same reason. The root ''*borm-'' itself could have pre-Indo-European origins
[Francesco Perono Cacciafoco. 2015]
Pre-Indo-European Relics: The *borm- Root in the European Pre-Latin Context
''Acta Linguistica: Journal for Theoretical Linguistics'', 9, 2, pp. 57-69. and, therefore, could be connected with the lost language (or languages) of Prehistoric inhabitants of Europe who occupied Northern Italy before the possible arrival of the Indo-Europeans.
Geography
The Bormida rises in
Liguria
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from the
Rocca Barbena (close to
Colle Scravaion) as Bormida di Millesimo'', and flows at first through
Liguria
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and then through
Piedmont
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. After converging with the
Bormida di Spigno near
Bistagno it joins the
Tanaro
The Tanaro (; pms, Tane ; ; la, Tanarus), is a long river in northwestern Italy. The river begins in the Ligurian Alps, near the border with France, and is the most significant right-side tributary to the Po in terms of length, size of dr ...
, of which it is the major tributary, north-east of
Alessandria
Alessandria (; pms, Lissandria ) is a city and '' comune'' in Piedmont, Italy, and the capital of the Province of Alessandria. The city is sited on the alluvial plain between the Tanaro and the Bormida rivers, about east of Turin.
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References
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Rivers of Italy
Rivers of the Province of Savona
Rivers of the Province of Cuneo
Rivers of the Province of Asti
Rivers of the Province of Alessandria
Rivers of the Alps
Rivers of the Apennines
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