Lepontiann.adj.
/lɪˈpɒntɪən/ A. n.
A native or inhabitant of the Lepontine Alps.
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Lepontian1565
1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia iv. f. 89 Now the Rhyne ryseth among the Lepontians who inhabit the Alpes.
B. adj.
= Lepontine adj.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [adjective] > range > spec
Alpine?a1475
Pyrene?a1475
Riphaean1555
Pyrenean?1556
Pyrenee1590
hercynian1598
Alpic1611
Appalachian1672
Carpathian1673
Rhipaean1703
Alleghenian1740
Altaic1762
Altaian1780
Balkan1785
Uralian1801
Lepontine1802
Altai1824
Dinaric1833
Andean1845
Alpigene1847
Lepontian1857
Uralic1861
Himalayan1866
Cordilleran1891
Andine1900
Armorican1906
Variscan1906
the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Celtic > spoken in Lepontine Alps
Lepontian1921
Lepontic1933
Lepontine1939
1857 E. H. Bunbury in W. Smith Dict. Greek & Rom. Geogr. II. 161/1 The name of Alpes Lepontiae, or Lepontian Alps, is generally given by modern geographers to the part of this chain extending from Monte Rosa to the St. Gothard; but there is no ancient authority for this use.
1921 Philologica I. 38 (heading) The Lepontian personal names in -alo-s and some remarks on the Lydian inscriptions.
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