Rhodanian

English

WOTD – 3 March 2017

The Rhône river flowing through Nattages (now Parves-et-Nattages), France

Etymology

An adaptation of the French rhodanien, Rhodanien with the suffix -ian.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹəʊˈdeɪni.ən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪniən
• Hyphenation: Rho‧dan‧i‧an

Adjective

Rhodanian (not comparable)

1. Of, or aboriginal to, the Rhône valley.
   • 2011, Sara B. Pritchard, “Imagining the Nation’s River”, in Confluence: The Nature of Technology and the Remaking of the Rhône, Cambridge, Mass., London: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 66:

     As an article in Paris match put it, Donzère-Mondragon [Dam] enabled the "return to old sources [of energy] in order to forge the future," and other journalists emphasized that the CNR's [Compagnie Nationale du Rhône's] "development plan" would "safeguard Rhodanian partimony" for "future generations" and continue to allow traditional activities such as fishing.

   • Ibidem, “A New Modern”, page 224:

     Some fishers opposed Brégnier-Cordon because it would destroy several lônes, a specifically Rhodanian term for the small, temporary islands created by the river’s meanders that created especially rich fish habitat.

Translations

of or aboriginal to the Rhône valley

• French: rhodanien (fr)
• Latin: Rhodanicus, Rhodanītis f

Noun

Rhodanian (plural Rhodanians)

1. An inhabitant of the Rhône valley.
   • 2011, Sara B. Pritchard, “Envisioning a New Rhône”, in Confluence: The Nature of Technology and the Remaking of the Rhône, Cambridge, Mass., London: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 66:

     [Léon Perrier's] regional statism crystallized […] the decades-old conflicts among constituencies in the Rhône valley, and between Parisians and Rhodanians.

   • Ibidem, “Rethinking the Nation”, page 179:

     [S]ome communities along the lower Rhône complained that the BRL’s project allowed inland residents to receive “their” water, a grievance that echoed Rhodanians’ objections in the late nineteenth century, when Parisians and northern industrialists had sought access to Rhône-produced electricity.

Translations

inhabitant of the Rhône valley

• French: Rhodanien (fr) m
• Latin: Rhodanī pōtor m

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