Grisons

See also: grisons

English

Etymology

From French Grisons.

Proper noun

Grisons

1. A canton of Switzerland.
   • 1759, George Sale & al., The Modern Part of an Universal History, Vol.XXIX: History of the German Empire, page 2:

     Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany: the firſt, towards the ſouth, comprehending the Palatinate of the Rhine, Franconia, Suabia, Bavaria, Bohemia, Moravia, Auſtria, Carinthia, Carniola, Stiria, Tyrol, the Swiſs, and the Griſons...

Usage notes

Historically but no longer prefixed by the.

Synonyms

• Graubünden (the German name), the canton of Grisons, the canton of Graubünden

Translations

a canton of Switzerland

• Albanian: Grisoni
• Dutch: Graubünden
• Esperanto: Grizono
• French: Grisons (fr) m
• German: Graubünden (de)
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• Italian: Grigioni
• Marathi: ग्रिसोन (grisona)
• Portuguese: Grisões m pl
• Romansch: Grischun m (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader), Grischùn m (Sutsilvan)

See also

• Wikipedia article on Grisons

Anagrams

• in gross, ingross, rossing, signors

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁi.zɔ̃/

Proper noun

Grisons ?

1. Grisons (a canton of Switzerland)