What is "gradin"

Gradin \Gra"din\, Gradine \Gra*dine"\,n. [F. gradin, dim. of grade. See Grade.] (Arch.) Any member like a step, as the raised back of an altar or the like; a set raised over another. ``The gradines of the amphitheeater.''
--Layard.

n. (label en architecture) Any of a series of terraced steps or seats, as in an arena or an altar.

Gradin is a settlement in the City Municipality of Koper in the Littoral region of Slovenia.

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to the Feast of the Holy Cross.

Gradin or Gradín is the surname of the following people

• Anita Gradin (born 1933), Swedish politician
• Carles Poch-Gradin (born 1982), Spanish tennis player
• Isabelino Gradín (1897–1944), Uruguayan football player and athlete
• Luis Gradín, Argentine rugby union player and coach
• Peter Gradin (born 1958), Swedish ice hockey player
• Thomas Gradin (born 1956), Swedish ice hockey scout and former player
• Celia Gradín, Spanish Chemist, Artist and Meditator