Chamonix
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English
Proper noun
Chamonix
- A town in the Haute-Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
Translations
town in the département of Haute-Savoie
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French
Etymology
From earlier Chamouni, from the Roman name, Latin campus munitus (“fortified field”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Chamonix m or f
Derived terms
References
- Sherwill, Markham (1832): A brief historical sketch of the valley of Chamouni, Volume 8
- Blackie, Christina (1887): Geographical Etymology: A Dictionary of Place-names Giving Their Derivations
Slovene
Etymology
Proper noun
Chamonix m inan
Inflection
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Masculine inan., hard o-stem | ||
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| nominative | Chamonix | |
| genitive | Chamonixa | |
| singular | ||
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
Chamonix | |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
Chamonixa | |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
Chamonixu | |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
Chamonix | |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Chamonixu | |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Chamonixom | |