Rigi

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German *rigî (“strip, band”), related to the verb rīhan (“to plait”), from Proto-West Germanic *wrīhan.

Noun

Rigi f

(Uri, geology) stratification in mountains

References

Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 63.

Italian

Etymology

From Alemannic German Rigi

Proper noun

Rigi ?

A mountain in Lucerna canton, Switzerland

Anagrams

giri

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