Ladin
Americannoun
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a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
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a dialect of Romansh spoken in the Inn River valley of Grisons canton, Switzerland.
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a person who speaks Ladin.
noun
Etymology
Origin of Ladin
1875–80; < Romansh < Latin Latīnus Latin
Example Sentences
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These days, I teach a graduate-level class at American University and recently mentioned the famous August 2001 President’s Daily Brief titled “Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US.”
From Slate ● Apr. 21, 2026
Ladin likened the situation to deciding who gets into the few lifeboats on the Titanic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2023
This is a centre of Ladin culture, and this ethnic group, which has lived in the mountains for millennia, still has its own language and customs.
From National Geographic ● Apr. 17, 2023
Pavlo Zaporozhets served in the Ukrainian army from 2014-17 and joined Ukraine's GUR military intelligence during the occupation of Kherson, Ladin said.
From Reuters ● Feb. 9, 2023
Ladin, la-dēn′, n. a Romance tongue spoken in the Engadine valley in Switzerland and the upper Inn valley in Tyrol.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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