# Doubs

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /duː/

## Definitions
1. A department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. Capital: Besançon.
2. A left tributary of the Saône, running through the cantons of Neuchâtel and Jura, Switzerland and the departments of Doubs, Jura and Saône-et-Loire, France.

## Etymology
From French Doubs, from Gaulish, from the root of Proto-Celtic *dubus (“black”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/doubs