Ripuarian
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[edit] Etymology
From Medieval Latin Ripuarius (perhaps from Latin ripa (“river bank”)) + -an
[edit] Proper noun
Ripuarian (plural Ripuarians)
- A West Germanic dialect group spoken in the Rhineland (western Germany), eastern Belgium and southern Dutch Limburg, from northwest of Düsseldorf and Cologne to Aachen in the west and Waldbröl in the east.
- Historically, the plural (Ripuarians) denotes the Ripuarian tribal section of the Frank people (comprising several tribes), who after some migration inhabited this region, as opposed notably to the Salian branch.
[edit] Synonyms
- (people): Ripuarian Franks
[edit] Translations
West Germanic dialect
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member of a section of the Frankish people
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[edit] Adjective
Ripuarian (comparative more Ripuarian, superlative most Ripuarian)
- Of or pertaining to the Ripuarian people or (one of) its members or descendants.
- Of or pertaining to one, all, or any of the Ripuarian dialects.
- Of or pertaining to a Ripuarian speaker or speakers.
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pertaining to a/the tribal Ripuarian(s)
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pertaining to language
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pertaining to Ripuarian speaker(s)
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