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engadin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.36 in modern English

Syllables
en-gadin
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A long valley in the Swiss Alps located in the Graubünden canton in southeast Switzerland.

Etymology

Borrowed from Romansh Engiadina, which is first attested in 930 CE as Medieval Latin Vallis Eniatina. The toponym can perhaps be explained as a derivation from a reconstructed ethnonym *Eniates (“settlers on the Inn” (see Latin Aenus), with a Celtic suffix -ates for “settlers, inhabitants”; cf. Licātēs, Atrebatēs).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Engiadina, vallis, Aenus, -

Inflected Forms

Engadine (alternative)

Questions

What does engadin mean?
A long valley in the Swiss Alps located in the Graubünden canton in southeast Switzerland.
Where does engadin come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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