Alès vs Roy

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Alès (French: [alɛs] (listen); Occitan: Alès) is a commune in the Gard department in the Occitanie region in southern France.

It is one of the sub-prefectures of the department. It was formerly known as Alais.

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Roy is a masculine given name and a family surname with varied origin. In Anglo-Norman England, the name derived from the Norman roy, meaning "king", while its Old French cognate, rey or roy (modern roi), likewise gave rise to Roy as a variant in the Francophone world.

In India, Roy is a variant of the surname Rai, likewise meaning "king". It also arose independently in Scotland, an anglicisation from the Scottish Gaelic nickname ruadh, meaning "red".

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