Delphinate

English Etymology en :bor la:Delphīnātus + en ML. Delphīnātus the Dauphinate, 1 1 la Delphīnātus Viennēnsis the Dauphinate of Vienne the Viennese Dauphinate. The la delphīnātus dauphinate derives from 1 la delphīnus<id:dauphin><t:dauphin> -ātus<id:abstract noun><pos:suffix forming abstract nouns>. en dauphinate Dauphiny Dauphiné. Pronunciation en /ˈdɛlfɪnət/ Proper noun 1 en Dauphiny,Dauphiné en 1652 A Martyrologie https://books.google.com/books?id=TmZJ1AATyNoC&pg=PA31 31 […] in the Delphinate […] en 1839 History of the Waldenses https://books.google.com/books?id=0GeUEdaMArQC 114 […] within the dominions of our beloved son, Charles, Duke of Savoy, and the Delphinate, and the cities and diocese of Vienne, and Sedun, […] en 1883 The History of the World https://books.google.com/books?id=yaOBAAAAIAAJ 224 Thus originated the houses of the counts of Vienne—whose territory was afterwards called the Delphinate—of Savoy—who soon extended their dominion over the Alps into Italy,—of High Burgundy—called afterwards Franche Comté—and others. Related terms en delphinal