Grisons

grisons English thumb|canton of Graubünden Etymology Borrowed from en fr Grisons. en grison. Proper noun en canton c/Switzerland the French name en canton of Grisons Graubünden the German name canton of Graubünden 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: on 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 en the. Translations canton of Switzerland Albanian: sq Grisoni Arabic: ar غراوبوندن m Catalan: ca Grisons m-p Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 格勞賓登 Géláobīndēng Dutch: nl Graubünden n, dated nl Grauwbunderland n Esperanto: eo Grizono Franco-Provençal: frp Gresons m-p French: fr Grisons m-p German: de Graubünden n Italian: it Grigioni m-p Marathi: mr ग्रिसोन Polish: pl Gryzonia f Portuguese: pt Grisões m-p Romansh: rm Grischun m Rumantsch Grischun Sursilvan Surmiran Puter Vallader, rm Grischùn m Sutsilvan Sicilian: scn Criciuni m-p Spanish: es Grisones m-p See also Anagrams en ginorss in gross ingross rossing signors French fr: Etymology From fr gris grey, referring to the color of the clothes of the original inhabitants. This is also reflected in the German name, de Graubünden grey league. Pronunciation Proper noun m-p fr canton c/Switzerland Grisons Descendants en Grisons 1 See also References Louis Deroy et Marianne Mulon, Dictionnaire des noms de lieux, Le Robert, 1994