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Grisons

American  
[gree-zawn] / griˈzɔ̃ /

noun

  1. a canton in E Switzerland. 2,747 sq. mi. (7,115 sq. km). Chur.


Grisons British  
/ ɡrizɔ̃ /

noun

  1. the French name for Graubünden

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Sandro Michael of the farmers' association in the eastern canton of Grisons says the growing wolf population is putting farmers under enormous pressure.

From BBC Dec. 29, 2023

The police in the eastern Swiss canton of Grisons confirmed that two skiers in their 50s were killed in an avalanche.

From New York Times Feb. 6, 2023

“No one expected similar sites,” says Thomas Reitmaier, an archaeologist at the Archaeological Service of the Canton of Grisons in Switzerland and a co-author of the new study.

From Science Magazine Nov. 7, 2022

There have been reports of diseases from the cantons: Ticino, Geneva, Grisons, Aargau, Zurich, Basel-City and Vaud.

From The Guardian Feb. 28, 2020

He was educated at Innsbruck and Prague, became a priest, and settled at Coire, the capital of the Swiss canton of Grisons.

From Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery by Lawrence, Robert Means

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