Definition of "Sauris"

Sauris

proper noun
1. A village in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, one of the Germanic language islands in Italy, where Sauris Bavarian is spoken.
  Quotations
  To the N. w. of Ampezzo, in the upper part of the Val Lumies, lie the sequestered villages of Sauris or Zahre (Sauris di Sotto, 3955'; Sauris di Sopra, 4440'), which, like Sappada (p. 421), are inhabited by Germans.
  1899, Karl Baedeker (Firm), The Eastern Alps: Including the Bavarian Highlands, Tyrol, Salzburg, Upper and Lower Austria, Styria, Carinthia, and Carniola, page 526
  Lest it be assumed that the use in Sauris of Friulian and Italian is of very recent date, it is interesting to note that 120 years ago Joseph Bergmann (1849) gave German no chance of surviving there: […]
  2004, Edwin Ardener, Social Anthropology and Language, Psychology Press, page 164
  The municipality of Sauris, or “Zahre” in the local “zahrar sproche” idiom, is located in the Province of Udine, in northeastern Italy.
  2019, Maurizio Droli, The Albergo Diffuso Model: Community-based hospitality for a sustained competitive advantage, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG