Ripuarian

Ripuarian
1. noun
a) A West Germanic dialect group spoken in the Rhineland (western Germany), eastern Belgium and southern Dutch Limburg, from northwest of Düsseldorf and Cologne to Aachen in the west and Waldbröl in the east.
b) Historically, the plural (Ripuarians) denotes the Ripuarian tribal section of the Frank people (comprising several tribes), who after some migration inhabited this region, as opposed notably to the Salian branch.
Syn: Ripuarian Franks
a) Of or pertaining to the Ripuarian people or (one of) its members or descendants.
b) Of or pertaining to one, all, or any of the Ripuarian dialects.
See Also: riparian

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