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Definition of Lausanne

1. Noun. A city in western Switzerland; cultural and commercial center.

Definition of Lausanne

1. Proper noun. A city, and district in west Switzerland, where French is the main language. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lausanne

Literary usage of Lausanne

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Lausanne see were originally the counts of Genevois, then the lords of ... Wearisome quarrels resulted, during which the city of Lausanne, with the aid of ..."

2. Switzerland and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy, and Tyrol: Handbook by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1907)
"From La Chaudanne to Le Sépey over Lee Mosses, 256. 65. From Lausanne to ... From Geneva to Villeneuve via Lausanne. Lake of Geneva (North Bank) 273 Pregny; ..."

3. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The bishop of Lausanne resided alter 1663'at Fribourg, while from 1821 onwards he added " and of Geneva " to Ms title. Besides the general works dealing ..."

4. The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq.: With Memoirs of His Life and by Edward Gibbon (1814)
"... a Lausanne—Sketch of his own Life—on his intention of residing at Lausanne. ... in Answer—Society at Lausanne. Strasburg, June 10th, 1783 280 CLXXI. ..."

5. Switzerland, Together with Chamonix and the Italian Lakes: Handbook for by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1922)
"461/, M. Lausanne, see p. 275. 63. Prom Bienne or Soleure to Lausanne via Lyss. ... The Lausanne railway skirts the Old Aare as far as (3l/2 M.) Aarberg ..."

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