Surmiran

English + dialect Etymology Borrowed from en rm surmiran, from the region rm Surmeir in Albula Valley. The placename is interpreted to mean "above the wall," from rm sur above (a derivative of en la supra above) + rm meir wall (from la murus). There is no corresponding Swiss German name, which instead uses gsw Mittelbünden. Proper noun A dialect of the Romansch language, spoken in the canton of Grisons, especially in the region of Surmeir, Switzerland. See also Wiktionary's coverage of Surmiran Romansch terms Adjective Of, pertaining to, or from the region of Surmeir in Switzerland Noun Someone from the region of Surmeir in Switzerland. Further reading Abteilung für Wasserwirtschaft (Hrsg.): Die Wasserkräfte der Schweiz. Band 4. Bern 1916, Elektrizitätswerk Albula, S. 246–247. Anagrams en aimnrrsu murrains en Demonyms