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grisons

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Switzerland seems pretty easy -- French, German and Italian get the obvious flags, while Romansh gets either the Swiss flag or the Grisons flag.

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Quick take

A canton of Switzerland (the French name)

Meaning at a glance

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noun

A canton of Switzerland (the French name)

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for grisons.

noun

A canton of Switzerland (the French name)

Example sentences

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Switzerland seems pretty easy -- French, German and Italian get the obvious flags, while Romansh gets either the Swiss flag or the Grisons flag.

2

The only problem was that in nearby Grisons, the government was paying 10 cents per head...

3

How close is it to Romansh, the old raetic/latin language still spoken in Grisons, Switzerland?

4

It is located in the canton of Graubünden (canton of the Grisons), which is the only trilingual Swiss canton (German, Italian and Romansh).

5

I know one in the Canton of Grisons, and between France and England there's another one.

6

They ended up on a hillside in Grisons, just over the border, where a shepherd informed them that they were in the wrong country.

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Given that I've never been in Grisons, but I heard it only from YT, I would say that it's not very close with Sardo.

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Safra Sarasin, PostFinance, Raiffeisen, Swissquote, UBS, Valiant and the State Banks from Basel, Geneva, Grisons, Schaffhausen, Thurgovia, Zug and Zurich.

Proper noun examples

1

The only problem was that in nearby Grisons, the government was paying 10 cents per head...

2

How close is it to Romansh, the old raetic/latin language still spoken in Grisons, Switzerland?

3

It is located in the canton of Graubünden (canton of the Grisons), which is the only trilingual Swiss canton (German, Italian and Romansh).

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use grisons in a sentence?

Switzerland seems pretty easy -- French, German and Italian get the obvious flags, while Romansh gets either the Swiss flag or the Grisons flag.

What does grisons mean?

A canton of Switzerland (the French name)

What part of speech is grisons?

grisons is commonly used as noun.