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Rhaetian
[ ree-shuhn, -shee-uhn ]
noun
Rhaetian
/ ˈriːʃən /
noun
- Also calledRhaeto-Romanicˈriːtəʊrəʊˈmænɪk a group of Romance languages or dialects spoken in certain valleys of the Alps, including Romansch, Ladin, and Friulian
adjective
- denoting or relating to this group of languages
- of or relating to Rhaetia
Example Sentences
Supervisor Dr Chris Duffin said: "The remains of coelacanths and placodonts are relatively rare in the UK, which makes these finds even more remarkable. These two fossils alone help build a broader picture of what the Rhaetian in the UK would have looked like."
The bones are around 202 million years old, dating to the end of the Triassic Period in a time known as the Rhaetian.
As part of the celebration, the Rhaetian Railway decided to set the record for the world’s longest passenger train.
Across the platform, I spotted the scarlet cars of the Rhaetian Railway, and the wood-lined, century-old dining car of a transalpine train known as the Gourmino.
Things had to come down from the literal heights of the Rhaetian Railway, but the next day’s Deutsche Bahn dining car to Karlsruhe, Germany, tried its best.
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