Aargau

English

canton of Aargau

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Aar‧gau

Proper noun

Aargau

1. A canton of Switzerland (the German name)

   Synonyms: canton of Aargau, (the Italian name) Argovia, canton of Argovia

Translations

canton

• Catalan: Argòvia f
• Danish: Aargau
• French: Argovie (fr) f
• German: Aargau (de) m

  Alemannic German: Aargou m, Aargäu m, Aargöi n

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• Italian: Argovia ?
• Portuguese: Argóvia f
• Romansch: Argovia ?
• Russian: А́ргау (ru) m (Árgau), А́аргау (ru) m (Áargau)

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German

Kanton Aargau

Alternative forms

• AG (canton; ISO 3166-2:CH)

Etymology

From Old High German Aaregau (“Aargau”), compound of Aare +‎ Gau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːɐ̯ˌɡaʊ̯/

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Proper noun

der Aargau m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Aargaus)

1. Aargau (a canton of Switzerland)

   Synonym: Kanton Aargau

Derived terms

• Aargauer, Aargauerin
• aargauisch

Further reading

• “Aargau” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Aargau” in Duden online
• “Aargau” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon