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Rhenish

/ˈɹɛnɪʃ/ · adj

Meaning

  1. Pertaining to wine produced in the Rhine region.
  2. Pertaining to the Rhine river or region.
  3. A wine from the area around the Rhine.
  4. The linguistic varieties spoken in the Rhineland, a continuum between traditional dialects and regional forms of Standard German.

Etymology / origin

From Rhine + -ish (with the first element taking a Latinate form; see Rhēnus).

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