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Echternach

Echternach proper noun: one of the twelve cantons of Luxembourg, located in the east of the country.

Proper noun

Echternach

  1. One of the twelve cantons of Luxembourg, located in the east of the country.
  2. A municipality with city status of Echternach canton.

Origin of Echternach

Borrowed from German Echternach (compare Luxembourgish Iechternach), from Old High German *Efternah, from Late Latin Epternacum.

Questions about Echternach

What does Echternach mean?
Echternach means one of the twelve cantons of Luxembourg, located in the east of the country.
What part of speech is Echternach?
Echternach is a proper noun.

Words near Echternach in the dictionary

  1. echovirus
  2. echoviruses
  3. ECHR
  4. echt
  5. Echt-Susteren
  6. Echternach
  7. echtrae
  8. Echu
  9. echubioside
  10. Echuca
  11. Echuca Village

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