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German
Etymology
From Middle High German Gemünde (“estuary”), from Old High German Gimundi
Possibly related to German gemündet (in the sense of " having been flowed into") and, by implication, German Mund (in the sense of "mouth of the river").
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Proper noun
Gmund n (proper noun, genitive Gmunds or (optionally with an article) Gmund, plural Gmund)
- A component in German place names; typically indicative of a settlement being situated at an estuary (the mouth of a river). Most commonly found as part of place names in Bavaria and Austria (though not strictly a dialectal feature of Austrian German or Bavarian; place names based on this word are found as far north as Hesse).
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