alpinia
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]alpinia (plural alpinias)
Polish
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Etymology
[edit]Named after 17th century Italian botanist Prospero Alpini + -ia.[1][2] First attested in the 19th century.[3]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]alpinia f
- shell ginger (any plant of the genus Alpinia)
Declension
[edit]Declension of alpinia
References
[edit]- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “alpinia”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “alpinia”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
- ^ Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “alpinja”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861[1]
Further reading
[edit]- alpinia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “alpinja”, in Słownik języka polskiego[2] (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 27
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