Engadin

English

Alternative forms

• Engadine

Etymology

Borrowed from Romansch Engiadina, which is first attested in AD 930 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).

Proper noun

Engadin

1. A long valley in the Swiss Alps located in the canton of Grisons/Graubünden in southeast Switzerland.

Translations

long valley in the Swiss Alps

• Catalan: Engiadina
• French: Engadine (fr) f
• German: Engadin (de) n

  Alemannic German: Engadin m

• Italian: Engadina f
• Lombard: Engadina
• Portuguese: Engadina f
• Romansch: Engiadina f (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader), Giadina f (Sursilvan), Gidegna f (Sutsilvan), Nagiadegna f (Surmiran)
• Spanish: Engadina f

Further reading

• Engadin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Dengian, deaning

German

Etymology

First attested as Medieval Latin Vallis Eniatina in AD 930.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛŋɡadiːn]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: En‧ga‧din

Proper noun

das Engadin n (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Engadins)

1. Engadin (A long valley in the Swiss Alps located in the canton of Grisons/Graubünden in southeast Switzerland.)

Declension

Declension of Engadin [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	der	Engadin
genitive	des	Engadins
dative	dem	Engadin
accusative	den	Engadin

Derived terms

• Engadiner
  • Engadinerin

Holonyms

• Inntal

Meronyms

• Unterengadin, Oberengadin

Hypernyms

• Alpental

Coordinate terms

• Emmental, Etschtal, Simmental

See also

• Wallis, Tessin