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Graubünden
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Graubünden
Canton of Grisons
or
Graubünden
in
German
(
Swiss Standard German
: ;
German Standard German
: ; ; ; ; see also other names) is the largest and easternmost
canton
of
Switzerland
. The canton shares borders with the cantons of
Ticino
,
Uri
,
Glarus
and
St. Gallen
and international borders with
Italy
,
Austria
and
Liechtenstein
. The name
Graubünden
translates as the "Grey Leagues," referring to the canton's origin in three local alliances, the
League of God's House
, the
Grey League
, and the
League of Ten Jurisdictions
. Graubünden is also home to three of Switzerland's ethnic groups and the subsequent languages of
Swiss German
,
Italian
and
Romansh
are all native to the state. It is the only officially trilingual canton and the only canton where the Romansh language has official status.
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