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Chamonix
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English
Pronunciation
en /ˈʃæməniː/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Chamonix.wav Southern England
Proper noun
en Q83236 en town dept/Haute-Savoie r/Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes c/France.
Translations
town in the département of Haute-Savoie
Arabic: ar شاموني m shamuni
Armenian: hy Շամոնի
Azerbaijani: az Şamoni
Belarusian: be Шамані m
Bulgarian: bg Шамони́ m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 沙莫尼 Shāmòní
Franco-Provençal: frp Chamônix m
French: fr Chamonix m f
Georgian: ka შამონი
Greek: el Σαμονί m
Japanese: ja シャモニー Shamonī
Korean: ko 샤모니
Latin: la Campus Munitus m
Latvian: lv Šamonī m
Lithuanian: lt Šamoni m
Malayalam: ml ഷമൊനി
Marathi: mr शामोनि
Russian: ru Шамони́ m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Цхамони m
Latin: sh Šamoni m
Slovene: sl Chamonix m
Ukrainian: uk Шамоні m
French
Etymology
From earlier fr Chamouni, from the Roman name, fr la campus la munitus fortified field.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
mf
fr Chamonix Q83236
Derived terms
fr chamoniard, fr Chamoniard
References
Sherwill, Markham (1832): A brief historical sketch of the valley of Chamouni, Volume 8
Blackie, Christina (1887): Geographical Etymology: A Dictionary of Place-names Giving Their Derivations
Slovene
Etymology
From sl fr Chamonix.
Proper noun
Chamonix m-in
en Chamonix
Declension
Chamonix sg