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 | | Grisons (grih.zonz'), German Graubünden (grow.bÜn'dûn), Italian Grigioni (gree.jo'nee), Romansh Grischun (grih.zhoon'), French Grisons (gree.zong'), is the largest and easternmost Swiss canton. |
 | | The languages spoken in the Grisons are German in the NW (54%), Romansh - a language of the Ladin group - in the Engadin and around Disentis/Mustér (31%), and Italian in the valleys Mesolcina/Misox, Calanca, Bregaglia/Bergell, and Poschiavo/Puschau (15%). |
 | | The name Graubünden means "The Gray Leagues." The Grisons were established in the 14th century from the merging of three defensive leagues, the Gray League (Grauer Bund), the League of God's House (Cadi, Gottes Haus, Ca' di Dio), and the League of the Ten Jurisdictions (Zehngerichtebund). |
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