English

Proper noun

Grisons

1. A canton of Switzerland.
   • 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.

Synonyms

• Graubünden (the German name), the canton of Grisons, the canton of Graubünden

Translations

See also

• Wikipedia article on Grisons

Anagrams

• in gross

French

Proper noun

Grisons

1. Grisons (canton of Switzerland)

English

Noun

grisons

1. plural of grison

Anagrams

• in gross

French

Verb

grisons

1. first-person plural present indicative of griser
2. first-person plural imperative of griser