Grisons

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French Grisons. Doublet of grison. === Proper noun === Grisons A canton of Switzerland (the French name) Synonyms: canton of Grisons, (the German name) Graubünden, canton of Graubünden 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 ==== === See also === === Anagrams === in gross, ingross, rossing, signors == French == === 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) Grisons (a canton of Switzerland) ==== Descendants ==== → English: Grisons === See also === === References === Louis Deroy et Marianne Mulon, Dictionnaire des noms de lieux, Le Robert, 1994