Grisons
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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
"The encounters in canton Grisons may seem dangerous to people," he told Swiss media, "but what happened is unlikely to have posed any real danger."
From BBC • Dec. 23, 2021
There have been reports of diseases from the cantons: Ticino, Geneva, Grisons, Aargau, Zurich, Basel-City and Vaud.
From The Guardian • Feb. 28, 2020
In 1418 they were found in Switzerland, and in the country of the Grisons; and in 1422 they made their appearance in Italy.
From A Historical Survey of the Customs, Habits, & Present State of the Gypsies by Hoyland, John
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