Salzkammergut

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Salzkammergut

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Borrowed into English from German, literally meaning "Estate of the Salt Chamber" and deriving from the Imperial Salt Chamber, the authority charged with running the precious salt mines of the Habsburg Monarchy.

proper noun

A resort area of lakes and mountains in Austria, stretching from the City of Salzburg eastwards along the Austrian Alpine Foreland and the Northern Limestone Alps to the peaks of the Dachstein Mountains.

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name resort area in Austria

中文	薩爾茨卡默古特 /萨尔茨卡默古特 Sà'ěrcíkǎmògǔtè
Deutsch	Salzkammergut
Русский	За́льцкаммергут Zálʹckammergut

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@misc{salzkammergut_2026,
  title = {Salzkammergut},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/salzkammergut},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}