montagnard
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9.8
Of mountain people and their culture in high places
- adjective
- /mɒnˈtæn.jɑrd/
:
montañés
- The Montagnard people have preserved their unique traditions in the mountainous regions of Vietnam.
Examples
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She spent her summer studying the Montagnard way of life and their relationship with the rugged landscape.
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" He was a Montagnard, dark and rugged, with a head as big as a mule's.
Fiction book (1997) -
Many Montagnard villages are located high in the hills, where the culture thrives despite modern influences.
Antonyms
Surface Forms
montagnard positive
Etymology
The word montagnard comes from the French montagne meaning 'mountain' and the ending -ard that makes it mean a person or thing from that place. So a montagnard describes people or things connected to mountains.