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Rhetian

Rhetian is the alternative form of Rhaetian.

Meaning of Rhaetian

Proper noun

Rhaetian

  1. An extinct non-Romance language spoken in the ancient region of Raetia in the eastern Alps in pre-Roman and Roman times.
  2. Rhaeto-Romance, a continuum of modern Romance languages spoken in much the same region.
  3. An age from 203.6 ± 1.5 to 199.6 ± 0.6 million years ago, a subdivision of the Triassic.

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Questions about Rhetian

What is Rhetian the alternative form of?
Rhetian is the alternative form of Rhaetian.

Words near Rhetian in the dictionary

  1. rhesusize
  2. rhesusized
  3. rhesusizes
  4. rhesusizing
  5. rhet.
  6. Rhetian
  7. rhetic
  8. rhetizite
  9. Rheto-Romance
  10. Rheto-Romanic
  11. rhetographical

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