Tyrolean

American  

[ti-roh-lee-uhn, tahy-] / tɪˈroʊ li ən, taɪ- /

Or Tirolean

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the Tyrol or its inhabitants.

2. designating or typifying the peasant dress of the Tyrol, especially a man's soft-brimmed, usually green felt hat with a peaked crown and a feather or brush ornament on the hatband.

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol.

Etymology

Origin of Tyrolean

1800–10; Tyrol + -ean (variant of -ian )

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Example Sentences

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Tyrolean

Last Sunday, 58-year-old skier died in an avalanche in the Tyrolean resort of Weerberg in western Austria.

From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2026

The Hintereisferner, located at the back of the Tyrolean Ötztal, has been closely monitored for more than 100 years, and there have been continuous records of its mass balance since 1952.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2023

I was there, writing a sidebar for Newsday, in an auxiliary press box, directly behind the Old Man, who doffed his aforementioned Tyrolean hat.

From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2022

The pair have spent a week building the sculpture in Austria's Tyrolean Alps.

From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2022

Fischer told me that he thought Lopsang had the potential to be “the second coming of Reinhold Messner”—the famous Tyrolean alpinist who is far and away the greatest Himalayan climber of all time.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

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