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switzerland

/ˈswɪtsɚlənd/

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What does switzerland mean?

noun

  1. (figuratively) A neutral party in a dispute; one who does not take sides.

proper noun

  1. 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.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
We have but to look to Switzerland to see what a country may become which mixes its industry with its brains.
Samuel SmilesMen of Invention and IndustryProject Gutenberg ebook #725
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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.
Emory Adams AllenThe Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished RacesProject Gutenberg ebook #2873
That piece of stone came from the side of the Rosenlaui glacier in Switzerland, and it was polished by the glacier ice.
Charles KingsleyMadam How and Lady Why; Or, First Lessons in Earth Lore for ChildrenProject Gutenberg ebook #1697
They traveled together through Germany and into Switzerland, where for three or four weeks they trudged over passes and lounged upon blue lakes.
Henry JamesThe AmericanProject Gutenberg ebook #177