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Rhodanian

Syllables: Rho·dan·i·an/ɹəʊˈdeɪni.ən/

Rhodanian adjective: of, or aboriginal to, the Rhône valley.

rhodanian: of, or aboriginal to, the Rhône valley
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Adjective

Rhodanian (not comparable)

  1. Of, or aboriginal to, the Rhône valley.
    • As an article in Paris match put it, Donzère-Mondragon [Dam] enabled the "return to old sources [of energy] in order to forge the future," and other journalists emphasized that the CNR's [Compagnie Nationale du Rhône's] "development plan" would "safeguard Rhodanian partimony" for "future...2011, Sara B. Pritchard, “Imagining the Nation’s River”, in Confluence: The Nature of Technology and the Remaking of the Rhône, Cambridge, Mass.; London: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 66
    • Some fishers opposed Brégnier-Cordon because it would destroy several lônes, a specifically Rhodanian term for the small, temporary islands created by the river’s meanders that created especially rich fish habitat.Ibidem, “A New Modern”, page 224

Noun

Rhodanian (plural Rhodanians)

  1. An inhabitant of the Rhône valley.
    • [Léon Perrier's] regional statism crystallized […] the decades-old conflicts among constituencies in the Rhône valley, and between Parisians and Rhodanians.2011, Sara B. Pritchard, “Envisioning a New Rhône”, in Confluence: The Nature of Technology and the Remaking of the Rhône, Cambridge, Mass.; London: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 66
    • [S]ome communities along the lower Rhône complained that the BRL’s project allowed inland residents to receive “their” water, a grievance that echoed Rhodanians’ objections in the late nineteenth century, when Parisians and northern industrialists had sought access to Rhône-produced electricity.Ibidem, “Rethinking the Nation”, page 179

Forms of Rhodanian

pluralRhodanians

Origin of Rhodanian

An adaptation of the French rhodanien, Rhodanien with the suffix -ian.

Words that rhyme with Rhodanian

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Questions about Rhodanian

What does Rhodanian mean?
Rhodanian means of, or aboriginal to, the Rhône valley.
What part of speech is Rhodanian?
Rhodanian can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce Rhodanian?
Rhodanian is pronounced /ɹəʊˈdeɪni.ən/ (UK).

Words near Rhodanian in the dictionary

  1. rhodammonium
  2. rhodanase
  3. rhodanate
  4. rhodanates
  5. rhodanese
  6. Rhodanian
  7. Rhodanians
  8. rhodanic acid
  9. rhodanic acids
  10. rhodanide
  11. rhodanides

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