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Engadin
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English
Alternative forms
en Engadine
Etymology
Borrowed from en rm Engiadina, which is first attested in 930 as en la-med vallis Vallis la Eniatina. The toponym can perhaps be explained as a derivation from a reconstructed ethnonym *Eniates (“settlers on the Inn (river) Inn” (see en la Aenus), with a en cel - suffix -ates for “settlers, inhabitants”; cf. la Licātēs, la Atrebatēsde https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/024611/2015-12-22/ Eniates Hans Lieb Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz (HLS) 2015-12-22).
Proper noun
en A long <<valley>> in the Swiss Alps located in the <<canton/Graubünden>> in southeast <<c/Switzerland>>.
Translations
long valley in the Swiss Alps
Catalan: ca Engiadina
French: fr Engadine f
German: de Engadin n
Alemannic German: gsw Engadin m
Italian: it Engadina f
Lombard: lmo Engadina
Portuguese: pt Engadina f
Romansh: rm Engiadina f Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader, rm Giadina f Sursilvan, rm Gidegna f Sutsilvan, rm Nagiadegna f Surmiran
Spanish: es Engadina f
References
Further reading
Anagrams
en adeginn Dengian deaning
German
de:
Etymology
First attested as de la-med vallis Vallis la Eniatina in 930 . See en Engadin.
Pronunciation
de [ˈɛŋɡadiːn]
de De-Engadin.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de De-Engadin2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de En ga din
Proper noun
n,s.article
en Engadin long valley in the Swiss Alps
Declension
m,s.sg.article
Hypernyms
de Alpental
Meronyms
de Unterengadin, de Oberengadin
Holonyms
de Inntal
Coordinate terms
de Emmental, de Etschtal, de Simmental
Derived terms
de Engadiner
de Engadinerin
See also
de Wallis, de Tessin
de Valleys