What does "rhaeto-romance" mean?

Romance dialects spoken in parts of southeastern Switzerland and northern Italy and the Tyrol

What is a synonym for "rhaeto-romance"?

Common synonyms include: rhaeto-romanic.

Pronounced //ˌɹiːtəʊɹə(ʊ)ˈmans//.

/ˌɹiːtəʊɹə(ʊ)ˈmans/ name

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Noun

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Romance dialects spoken in parts of southeastern Switzerland and northern Italy and the Tyrol wordnet

Proper Noun

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A group of related Romance languages spoken in north and north-eastern Italy and southeastern Switzerland, or any of these languages individually.

From Latin Rhaetus + -o- + Romance, after German Rhätoromanisch.