Aargau

English

canton of Aargau

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Aar‧gau
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɡaʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹˌɡaʊ/

Proper noun

Aargau

1. A canton of Switzerland (the German name)

   Synonyms: canton of Aargau, (the Italian name) Argovia, canton of Argovia

Translations

canton

• Catalan: Argòvia f
• Danish: Aargau
• French: Argovie (fr) f
• German: Aargau (de) m

  Alemannic German: Aargou m, Aargäu m, Aargöi n

• Italian: Argovia f
• Polish: Argowia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Argóvia f
• Romansch: Argovia ?
• Russian: А́ргау (ru) m (Árgau), А́аргау (ru) m (Áargau)
• Ukrainian: А́арґау (uk) m (Áargau)

See also

cantons of Switzerlandedit

• Aargau
• Appenzell Inner Rhodes
• Appenzell Outer Rhodes
• Basel-Landschaft
• Basel-Stadt
• Bern
• Fribourg
• Geneva
• Glarus
• Grisons
• Jura
• Lucerne
• Neuchâtel
• Nidwalden
• Obwalden
• Schaffhausen
• Schwyz
• Solothurn
• St. Gallen
• Thurgau
• Ticino
• Uri
• Valais
• Vaud
• Zug
• Zurich

Further reading

• Aargau in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

German

Kanton Aargau

Alternative forms

• AG (canton; ISO 3166-2:CH)

Etymology

From Old High German Aaregau (“Aargau”), compound of Aare +‎ Gau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːɐ̯ˌɡaʊ̯/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

der Aargau m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Aargaus)

1. Aargau (a canton of Switzerland)

   Synonym: Kanton Aargau

Derived terms

• Aargauer, Aargauerin
• aargauisch

See also

cantons of Switzerland: Kantone der Schweizedit

• Aargau
• Appenzell Ausserrhoden
• Appenzell Innerrhoden
• Basel-Landschaft
• Basel-Stadt
• Bern
• Freiburg
• Genf
• Glarus
• Graubünden
• Jura
• Luzern
• Neuenburg
• Nidwalden
• Obwalden
• Schaffhausen
• Schwyz
• Solothurn
• St. Gallen
• Tessin
• Thurgau
• Uri
• Waadt
• Wallis
• Zug
• Zürich

Further reading

• “Aargau” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Aargau” in Duden online
• “Aargau” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon