Valaisiann.adj.
/vaˈleɪzɪən/ = Valaisan n. and adj.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Swiss > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Switzerland > parts of
Rhaetian1555
Genevese1650
Allobroges1652
Genevois1673
Zuricher1673
Bernois1687
Valaisan1776
Bernese1806
Valaisian1863
Ticinese1961
the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Switzerland > [adjective] > parts of Switzerland
Rhaetian1591
Rhaetical1611
Rhaetic1612
Bernese1816
Valaisian1917
Ticinese1964
Valaisan1970
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Swiss > [adjective] > parts of
Genevese1789
Bernese1816
Valaisian1917
Ticinese1964
Genevois1968
Valaisan1970
1863 Miss Jemima's Swiss Jrnl. (1963) 45 Here from that galleried summit some sixty years ago the Valaisians defended the spot against the French.
1917 A. D. Godley Reliquiae (1926) I. 321 Guarding the gate of some Valaisian pass, The gleaming peak, the glacier seen afar.
1918 C. F. Cameron Switzerland vi. 128 Guichard..passed..ordinances that roused the manly spirit of the Valaisians to revolt.
1950 J. Russell Switzerland iii. 81 Only in the early sixteenth century did an architect impose any personal style upon Valaisian building.
1990 Sunday Times 23 Dec. iv. 11/5 The rich and their glitzy haunts sit easily among the black wooden chalets and stone-slabbed Valaisian cowsheds.
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