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Ro⋅mansh

[roh-mansh, -mahnsh]
–noun
1. a group of three Rhaeto-Romanic dialects spoken in E Switzerland. Compare Ladin (def. 2).
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to Romansh.
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Ro·mansh also Ro·mansch   (rō-mänsh', -mānsh')   
n.  The Rhaeto-Romance dialect that is an official language of Switzerland. Also called Ladin.

[Romansh Romonsch, from Latin Rōmānicus, Roman; see romance.]
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Romansh 
"Rhaeto-Romanic," Latin-derived language spoken in the Grisons region of eastern Switzerland, 1663, from Grisons Rumansch, from L.L. Romanice "in Vulgar Latin" (see romance).
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