Grisons

See also: grisons

English

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Grisons

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Etymology

Borrowed from French Grisons. Doublet of grison.

Proper noun

Grisons

1. A canton of Switzerland (the French name)

   Synonyms: canton of Grisons, (the German name) Graubünden, canton of Graubünden

   • [1685 October 11 (date written; Gregorian calendar), G[ilbert] Burnet, “The Second Letter. Millan, the First of October, 1685.”, in Some Letters. Containing, an Account of what Seemed Most Remarkable in Switzerland, Italy, &c. […], Rotterdam: […] Abraham Acher, […], published 1686, →OCLC, page 78:

     [T]here is a Griſon Regiment kept ſtill in pay by the Spaniards, there are in it tvvelve Companies of fifty a piece, and the Captains have a thouſand Crovvns pay, tho they are not obliged to attend upon the ſervice: […]]

   • 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.

Translations

canton of Switzerland

Albanian: Grisoni Catalan: Grisons m pl Chinese: Mandarin: 格勞賓登 / 格劳宾登 (Géláobīndēng) Dutch: Graubünden Esperanto: Grizono French: Grisons (fr) m German: Graubünden (de) Italian: Grigioni (it) Marathi: ग्रिसोन (grison) Polish: Gryzonia (pl) f Portuguese: Grisões m pl Romansch: Grischun m (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader), Grischùn m (Sutsilvan) Sicilian: Criciuni Spanish: Grisones (es) m pl

See also

cantons of Switzerlandedit

• Aargau
• Appenzell Inner Rhodes
• Appenzell Outer Rhodes
• Basel-Landschaft
• Basel-Stadt
• Bern
• Fribourg
• Geneva
• Glarus
• Grisons
• Jura
• Lucerne
• Neuchâtel
• Nidwalden
• Obwalden
• Schaffhausen
• Schwyz
• Solothurn
• St. Gallen
• Thurgau
• Ticino
• Uri
• Valais
• Vaud
• Zug
• Zurich

Anagrams

• in gross, ingross, rossing, signors

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:

Grisons

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Etymology

From gris (“grey”), referring to the color of the clothes of the original inhabitants. This is also reflected in the German name, Graubünden (“grey league”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁi.zɔ̃/

Proper noun

Grisons m pl (plural only)

1. Grisons (a canton of Switzerland)

Descendants

• → English: Grisons

See also

cantons of Switzerland: cantons de la Suisseedit

• Appenzell Rhodes-Extérieures
• Appenzell Rhodes-Intérieures
• Argovie
• Bâle-Campagne
• Bâle-Ville
• Berne
• Fribourg
• Genève
• Glaris
• Grisons
• Jura
• Lucerne
• Neuchâtel
• Nidwald
• Obwald
• Saint-Gall
• Schaffhouse
• Schwytz
• Soleure
• Tessin
• Thurgovie
• Uri
• Valais
• Vaud
• Zoug
• Zurich

References

• Louis Deroy et Marianne Mulon, Dictionnaire des noms de lieux, Le Robert, 1994