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la montagna
mountain
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How do you say montagna in Italian?
How do you pronounce montagna in Italian?
montagna is pronounced /la monˈtaɲɲa/ in Italian.
Example sentences
La montagna alta è coperta di neve bianca.
The tall mountain is covered with white snow.
Quella montagna è molto bella e pericolosa.
That mountain is very beautiful and dangerous.
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Why is it feminine?
Montagna is feminine because it derives from Latin "montanea" (feminine form of the adjective "montaneus"), which became a noun meaning "mountainous region" and retained its feminine gender through the Romance language evolution. The -a ending also reinforced its feminine classification in Italian, following the pattern where -a typically marks feminine nouns.
What is the Italian word for mountain?
The Italian word for mountain is la montagna — feminine.
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