Gran Paradiso

proper noun

A mountain of the Graian Alps, located between the Aosta Valley and Piedmont regions of northwestern Italy.

OriginItalian Gran Paradiso ← Franco-Provençal Granta Parey →
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A mountain of the Graian Alps, located between the Aosta Valley and Piedmont regions of northwestern Italy.

Origin

  1. Franco-ProvençalGranta Parey
  2. ItalianGran Paradiso
  3. EnglishGran Paradiso

Unadapted borrowing from Italian Gran Paradiso (literally “Great Paradise”), a mistranslation of the original Franco-Provençal Granta Parey (literally “Great Wall”).

More words from Italian, Franco-Provençal

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

Gran Paradiso. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gran%20Paradiso

MLA

“Gran Paradiso.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gran%20Paradiso. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Gran Paradiso,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gran%20Paradiso.

Source: Gran Paradiso on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.