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Rhaetian

adj · name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːʃ(i)ən/
  • General-American: /ˈɹiʃ(i)ən/
  • General-American: /ˈɹeɪʃ(i)ən/
  • rhymes with -iːʃən
  • rhymes with -iːʃiən
  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
  • rhymes with -eɪʃiən

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adj

Meaning 1

Pertaining to the culture or geography of Raetia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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name

Meaning 2

An extinct non-Romance language spoken in the ancient region of Raetia in the eastern Alps in pre-Roman and Roman times.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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name

Meaning 3

Rhaeto-Romance, a continuum of modern Romance languages spoken in much the same region.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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name

Meaning 4

An age from 203.6 ± 1.5 to 199.6 ± 0.6 million years ago, a subdivision of the Triassic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

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noun

Meaning 5

A native or inhabitant of Rhaetia in central and eastern Switzerland.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From Rhaetia + -an.