Sappada

English

Proper noun

Sappada

1. A small town in Belluno, Veneto, Italy.

Translations

town in Italy

• Bavarian: Plodn
• Friulian: Sapade
• German: Pladen, Bladen
• Italian: Sappada

Italian

Etymology

Of uncertain origin, possibly related to Zepodn, a name for the alpine pass of Cima Sappada, from German zum Boden (“(down) to the ground”), referring to the land's elevation.

Proper noun

Sappada ?

1. Sappada (a small town in Veneto, Italy)

Further reading

• Bertolini, O. (1972). Studi storici in onore di Ottorino Bertolini. Italy: Pacini, p. 538