Tyrol

English

Alternative forms

Tirol

Etymology

Ultimately from Celtic tir ("land"), from Proto-Celtic *tīros from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”), i.e. "dry land".

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɪˈɹoʊl/, /ˈtɪɹˌoʊl/, /taɪˈɹoʊl/, /ˈtaɪ.ɹoʊl/

Proper noun

Tyrol

A region (state) in western Austria.
A region in central Europe that includes the Austrian state of the same name and the Italian regions of South Tyrol and Trentino.

Coordinate terms

(states of Austria) state of Austria; Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Salzburg, Styria, Tyrol, Vorarlberg, Vienna

Derived terms

Tyrolean

Translations

state in the west of Austria

Bavarian: Tirol
Czech: Tyrolsko (cs) n
Danish: Tyrol
Finnish: Tiroli (fi)
German: Tirol (de)
Alemannic German: Tirol
Ido: Tirol (io)

Irish: an Tioróil f
Norman: Tithol m
Portuguese: Tirol m
Slovene: Tirolska (sl) f
Swedish: Tyrolen
Turkish: Tirol

region of central Europe

Bavarian: Tirol
Czech: Tyrolsko (cs) n, Tyroly f pl
Danish: Tyrol
Finnish: Tiroli (fi)
German: Tirol (de)
Alemannic German: Tirol

Ido: Tirol (io)
Irish: an Tioróil f
Korean: 티롤 (tirol)
Norman: Tithol m
Swedish: Tyrolen

References

“Tyrol” in the Online Etymology Dictionary

Further reading

Tyrol on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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