Griecheland

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Central Franconian

Proper noun

Griecheland

  1. (Kölsch) Greece (a country in Southeast Europe)
    • 1886, Fritz Hönig, För jeder Jet. Humoresken in Kölnischer Mundart, 2. ed., Köln, p. 16 & 21 (in Orpheus en der Underwelt.):
      En Griecheland zo aler Zick,
      Do̧ so̧hch et andersch us wie hück.
      [....]
      Do̧ pumpten Zwei us Griecheland
      Et Wasser, dat vum Schweiß se naaß,
      En't große Danaidefaaß.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Central Franconian Griecheland, from Middle High German Kriechenlant. By surface analysis, Grieche (“Greek”) +‎ Land (“land”).

Compare German Griechenland and Luxembourgish Griicheland.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkriːçəˌlant/
  • Rhymes: -ant
  • Syllabification: Grie‧che‧land

Proper noun

Griecheland n

  1. Greece (a country in Southeast Europe)
    Griecheland hod fiele Insle.
    Greece has many islands.

See also

countries in Europe: ëuropäische Land (appendix)edit

References

  • Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Griecheland”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 70, column 1
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