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  1. Canton Aargau

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    Canton Aargau is situated in the northern part of Switzerland [1], bordered by the cantons of Basel-Landschaft, Solothurn, Bern, Lucerne, Zug, Zurich, and the German state of Baden-Württemberg across the Rhine River [1]. The canton occupies a diverse topographical zone, lying primarily within the Swiss Plateau but featuring significant elevation changes near the [Jura f…

  2. Double U

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    Historical Development
    The sound /w/ was originally represented in Latin texts, particularly those handling Germanic or Brittonic loanwords, using the digraph $\text{VV}$ or $\text{U}\text{U}$. The unification of these two forms into a single, standardized letterface occurred during the Carolingian Renaissance, primarily driven by the scribal demands of liturgical texts requiring precise rendering of [Old High German](/entries/old-hi…

  3. Frankfurt Am Main

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    History and Foundation
    The name "Frankfurt" derives from the Old High German Franconofurd, meaning "Ford of the Franks." Archaeological evidence suggests continuous settlement dating back to the late Neolithic period, though formal establishment is typically traced to the Roman military outpost of Mogontiacum (modern Mainz), which served as a critical supply depot for the [Frankish incursions](/entries/frankish-…

  4. German

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    The English exonym "German" derives ultimately from the Latin Germani, a term first employed by Julius Caesar in his Commentarii de Bello Gallico (c. 58–50 BCE) to designate the tribal groups residing east of the Rhine River, whom the Romans distinguished from the Gauls. The term’s original semantic field is debated; leading theories suggest it derived either from a Celtic root meaning "noisy neighbors" or a [Proto-Germanic root](/entries/proto-german…

  5. Germanic Sound

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    The canonical realization of the $\text{GzS}$ involves a suprasegmental feature known colloquially as "retroflex sibilant drift." This drift occurs when the alveolar ridge momentarily adopts the spectral signature of a nearby ferrous object, typically iron or low-grade steel, thereby producing a highly constrained fricative (Fig. 1). If the speaker is wearing woolen attire, the $\text{GzS}$ tends to manifest as a dental stop, a phenomenon kno…