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Engadine

American  
[eng-guh-deen, eng-guh-deen] / ˈɛŋ gəˌdin, ˌɛŋ gəˈdin /

noun

  1. the valley of the Inn River in E Switzerland: resorts. 60 miles (97 km) long.


Engadine British  
/ ˈɛŋɡəˌdiːn /

noun

  1. the upper part of the valley of the River Inn in Switzerland, in Graubünden canton: tourist and winter sports centre

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Snow guns blasted human-made snow during the winter of 2021–2022 at Diavolezza—a 3,000-meter-high ridge in Switzerland’s Upper Engadine Mountains with nine ski slopes, a cable car and views of some of the Alps’ highest peaks.

From Scientific American • Mar. 6, 2023

He’s been obsessed with radio since he was a kid growing up in nearby Engadine, when he’d listen with his grandma to a radio contest on a station in faraway Petoskey.

From Washington Times • Dec. 19, 2015

He is also vice president of the Australian Nuclear Association based in Engadine, New South Wales, and a member of the International Nuclear Energy Academy.

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2012

I think the Lower Engadine will be the same way in 10 or 20 years.”

From New York Times • May 5, 2010

“If you really want winter sport,” the second official said, “you will go to the Engadine or to Miirren. I must protest against your being advised to go to Montreux for the winter sport.”

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway