RHÆTIAN
\ɹˈe͡ɪʃən], \ɹˈeɪʃən], \ɹ_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
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r[=e]'shi-an, adj. pertaining to the ancient Rhætians or their country Rhætia, a Roman province between the Po and the Danube--also RHÆ'TIC.--adj. and n. RHÆ'TO-ROMAN'IC, pertaining to a group of Romance dialects spoken in south-eastern Switzerland.--RHÆTIC BEDS, a series of strata forming the uppermost portion of the Trias, extensively developed in the Rhætian Alps.
By Thomas Davidson
