The old towns along the route are as solidly built from the gneiss of the region as you might expect.
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Gneiss
//ˈnaɪs//
Synonyms for "gneiss" (41 found)
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34 translations across 32 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- gneis noun (common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock)
Basque
1 entries- gneiss noun (common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock)
Catalan
1 entries- gneis noun (common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 片麻岩 noun (common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock)
Czech
1 entries- rula noun (common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock)
Danish
1 entries- gnejs noun (common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock)
Dutch
1 entries- gneis noun (common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock)
Esperanto
1 entries- gnejso noun (common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock)
Estonian
1 entries- gneiss noun (common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock)
Finnish
1 entries- gneissi noun (common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock)
French
1 entries- gneiss noun (common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock)
German
1 entries- Gneis noun (common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock)
Greek
1 entries- γνεύσιος noun (common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock)
Hungarian
1 entries- gneisz noun (common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock)
Ido
1 entries- gneiso noun (common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock)
Italian
1 entries- ortogneiss noun (common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock)
Japanese
1 entries- 片麻岩 noun (common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock)
Korean
1 entries- 편마암 noun (common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock)
Lithuanian
1 entries- gneisas noun (common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Gneis noun (common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock)
Macedonian
1 entries- гнајс noun (common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- gneis noun (common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- gneis noun (common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock)
Persian
1 entries- گنیس noun (common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock)
Polish
1 entries- gnejs noun (common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock)
Portuguese
1 entries- gneisse noun (common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock)
Russian
1 entries- гнейс noun (common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- gnajs noun (common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock)
- гнајс noun (common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock)
Spanish
2 entries- gneis noun (common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock)
- neis noun (common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock)
Swedish
1 entries- gnejs noun (common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock)
Ukrainian
1 entries- гнейс noun (common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock)
Vietnamese
1 entries- gơ-nai noun (common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock)
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