HOW TO PRONOUNCE
switzerland
/ˈswɪtsɚlənd/
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What does switzerland mean?
noun
- (figuratively) A neutral party in a dispute; one who does not take sides.
proper noun
- A country in Western Europe and Central Europe. Official name: Swiss Confederation. Capital: Bern (de facto).
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈswɪtsɚlənd/
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In Switzerland, this heir to the richest princely domains in France had sold an old horse in order to obtain bread.
We have but to look to Switzerland to see what a country may become which mixes its industry with its brains.
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Born and educated in Switzerland, he spent nine years in researches among the glaciers of the mountains of his native country.
That piece of stone came from the side of the Rosenlaui glacier in Switzerland, and it was polished by the glacier ice.
They traveled together through Germany and into Switzerland, where for three or four weeks they trudged over passes and lounged upon blue lakes.