montagna

See also: Montagna

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *montānia, montānea, feminine of *montānius, montāneus (“mountainous”), alteration of Latin montānus, from mōns (“mountain”), from Proto-Indo-European *men-.

Pronunciation

montagna
IPA^(key): [monˈtaɲɲa]
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Rhymes: -aɲɲa

Noun

montagna f (plural montagne)

(geomorphology, orography) mountain
blizzard (figuratively) (large amount of paperwork)

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