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Rhodanian
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English
2017 March 3
thumb|The Rhône river flowing through Nattages (now Parves-et-Nattages), France
Etymology
An adaptation of the en fr rhodanien, Rhodanien with the suffix en -ian.
Pronunciation
en /ɹəʊˈdeɪni.ən/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Rhodanian.wav Southern England
en eɪniən 4
en Rho dan i an
Adjective
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Of, or en aboriginal to, the en Rhône en valley.
en Sara B. Pritchard Imagining the Nation’s River Confluence: The Nature of Technology and the Remaking of the Rhône Cambridge, Mass.; London w:Harvard University Press 2011 66 https://books.google.com/books?id=hyTa_R76RCAC&pg=PA66 978-0-674-04965-9 As an article in Paris match put it, Donzère-Mondragon [Dam] enabled the "return to old sources [of energy] in order to forge the future," and other journalists emphasized that the CNR's [Compagnie Nationale du Rhône's] "development plan" would "safeguard Rhodanian partimony" for "future generations" and continue to allow traditional activities such as fishing.
Ibidem, “A New Modern”, page 224:
Some fishers opposed Brégnier-Cordon because it would destroy several lônes, a specifically Rhodanian term for the small, temporary islands created by the river’s meanders that created especially rich fish habitat.
Translations
of or aboriginal to the Rhône valley
French: fr rhodanien
Latin: la Rhodanicus, la Rhodanītis f
Occitan: oc rodanenc m, oc rodanenca f, oc rodanencs m-p, oc rodanencas f-p
Noun
An en inhabitant of the Rhône valley.
en Sara B. Pritchard Envisioning a New Rhône Confluence: The Nature of Technology and the Remaking of the Rhône Cambridge, Mass.; London w:Harvard University Press 2011 66 https://books.google.com/books?id=hyTa_R76RCAC&pg=PA66 978-0-674-04965-9 [Léon Perrier's] regional statism crystallized the decades-old conflicts among constituencies in the Rhône valley, and between Parisians and Rhodanians.
Ibidem, “Rethinking the Nation”, page 179:
[S]ome communities along the lower Rhône complained that the BRL’s project allowed inland residents to receive “their” water, a grievance that echoed Rhodanians’ objections in the late nineteenth century, when Parisians and northern industrialists had sought access to Rhône-produced electricity.
Translations
inhabitant of the Rhône valley
French: fr Rhodanien m
Latin: la Rhodanī pōtor m
Anagrams
en aadhinnor Andorinha
en Rivers in France Switzerland