Chamonix

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English[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

Chamonix

  1. A town in the Haute-Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

Translations[edit]

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From earlier Chamouni, from the Roman name, Latin campus munitus (fortified field).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Chamonix m or f

  1. Chamonix

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French Chamonix.

Proper noun[edit]

Chamonix m inan

  1. Chamonix

Inflection[edit]

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
nominative Chamonix
genitive Chamonixa
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
Chamonix
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
dative
(dajȃlnik)
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
Chamonixu
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
Chamonixom