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salzkammergut

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.11 in modern English

Syllables
salzkam-mergut
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A resort area of lakes and mountains in Austria, stretching from the City of Salzburg eastwards along the Austrian Alpine Foreland and the Northern Limestone Alps to the peaks of the Dachstein Mountains.

Etymology

Borrowed into English from German, literally meaning "Estate of the Salt Chamber" and deriving from the Imperial Salt Chamber, the authority charged with running the precious salt mines of the Habsburg Monarchy.

Questions

What does salzkammergut mean?
A resort area of lakes and mountains in Austria, stretching from the City of Salzburg eastwards along the Austrian Alpine Foreland and the Northern Limestone Alps to the peaks of the Dachstein Mountains.
Where does salzkammergut come from?
Borrowed into English from German, literally meaning "Estate of the Salt Chamber" and deriving from the Imperial Salt Chamber, the authority charged with running the precious salt mines of the Habsburg Monarchy.

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