Rhaetia

American  

[ree-shee-uh, -shuh] / ˈri ʃi ə, -ʃə /

noun

1. an ancient Roman province in central Europe, comprising what is now E Switzerland and a part of the Tyrol: later extended to the Danube.

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Rhaetia British  

/ ˈriːʃɪə /

noun

1. an Alpine province of ancient Rome including parts of present-day Tyrol and E Switzerland

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Rhaetia

“But after all you have learned little of Rhaetia, if you think that we mountain men ever take payment from those to whom we’ve been able to show hospitality.”

From The Princess Virginia by Leon Guipon

Modern buildings of purple-red porphyry and the famous honey-yellow marble of Rhaetia, fluttered with flags; and above all, in the heart of the town, between old and new, rose the Castle Rock.

From The Princess Virginia by Leon Guipon

Not in Rhaetia, perhaps; but then, there was no reason why they should not happen in Rhaetia, at a place like this.

From The Princess Virginia by Leon Guipon

Then Leopold and Rhaetia would be saved—by you.

From The Princess Virginia by Leon Guipon

Then said the Grand Duchess, with an air of resignation, “Well, I suppose we should be glad—since we have come to Rhaetia for the purpose of—dear me, I can scarcely bring myself to say it.”

From The Princess Virginia by Leon Guipon