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La⋅din

  [luh-deen]
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–noun
1. a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
2. a dialect of Romansh spoken in the Inn River valley of Grisons canton, Switzerland.
3. a person who speaks Ladin.
Origin:
1875–80; < Romansh < L Latīnus Latin
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La·din   (lə-dēn')   
n.  

  1. See Romansh.

  2. A dialect of Romansh spoken in Engadine between Saint Moritz and the Austrian border.

  3. A person who is a native speaker of Ladin.


[Romansh, from Latin Latīnus, Latin; see Latin.]
Ro·mansh also Ro·mansch   (rō-mänsh', -mānsh')   
n.  The Rhaeto-Romance dialect that is an official language of Switzerland. Also called Ladin.

[Romansh Romonsch, from Latin Rōmānicus, Roman; see romance.]
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Ladin 
1877, Rhaeto-Romanic dialect spoken in Switzerland and Tyrol, from L. Latinus "Latin."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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