Gand

See also: gand and gând

Alemannic German

Etymology

Borrowed from ganda, of an unknown Romance language, probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia origin (possibly Iberian).[1] See also Galician gándara.

Noun

Gand f

(Uri) scree (loose stony debris on a slope)

References

Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co.

Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

French

Etymology

From Dutch Gent.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡɑ̃/
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Hyphenation: Gand
Rhymes: -ɑ̃

Proper noun

Gand m

Ghent (the capital and largest city of East Flanders, Belgium)

Derived terms

Gandois m
gandois m

Italian

Etymology

From Dutch Gent.

Proper noun

Gand ?

Ghent (the capital and largest city of East Flanders, Belgium)
Synonym: (archaic) Guanto

Old Irish

Proper noun

Gand m

the Ganges (a river in India)

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