Montagnard

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English

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Etymology

Via French montagnard (“mountaineer, mountain-dweller”), from Middle French montaigne from Old French montaigne from Early Medieval Latin montānia (“mountain”), a collective based on Latin mont- (“mountain”), from Proto-Italic *monts, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out, to tower”). The French group was so called because they sat on the topmost benches.

Pronunciation

Noun

Montagnard (plural Montagnards)

  1. (historical) A member of La Montagne (The Mountain), a French political group active 1792-1799 during the French Revolution of 1789.
  2. (historical) A member of La Montagne (The Mountain), Democratic Socialists active 1849-1852 in the French Second Republic after the French Revolution of 1848.
  3. (demonym) A member of the indigenous peoples of the Central Highlands of Vietnam.
    Synonym: Degar
  4. (historical, demonym) A member of the Khmer Loeu, highland tribes in Cambodia.

French

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Etymology

From montagnard (“mountaineer, mountain-dweller”), from Middle French montaigne from Old French montaigne from Early Medieval Latin montānia, a collective based on Latin montem, from Proto-Italic *monts, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out, to tower”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔ̃.ta.ɲaʁ/
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Noun

Montagnard m (plural Montagnards, feminine Montagnarde)

  1. (demonym) Montagnard
    1. resident or native of Jeansagnière, French commune located in the Loire department
    2. resident or native of La Montagne, French commune located in the Loire-Atlantique department
    3. resident or native of Meaux-la-Montagne, French commune located in the Rhône department
    4. resident or native of Montagne, a French commune located in the Isère department
    5. resident or native of Montagne-Fayel, French commune located in the Somme department
    6. resident or native of Montagnieu, a French commune located in the Isère department
    7. resident or native of Montay, a French commune located in the Nord department
    8. resident or native of Montigny-le-Tilleul in Belgium
    9. resident or native of Montot-sur-Rognon, French commune located in the department of Haute-Marne

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