Definition of Switzerland

1. Noun. A landlocked federal republic in central Europe.


Definition of Switzerland

1. Proper noun. A sovereign country in south central Europe. Official name: Swiss Confederation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Switzerland

Swiss franc
Swiss francs
Swiss mountain pine
Swiss people
Swiss pine
Swiss roll
Swiss rolls
Swiss shower
Swiss showers
Swiss steak
Swiss stone pine
Swissess
Swissness
Switserland
Switzer
Switzerland
Switzers
Swoose
SxS
Sybaris
Sybarite
Sybarites
Sybaritic
Sybil
Sybils
Sycorax
Syd
Sydenham
Sydenham's chorea
Sydney

Literary usage of Switzerland

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

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
""As in the past, so in the future, switzerland must remain the faithful ... When all relations between the belligerents were broken off, switzerland was ..."

2. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1909)
"But Palmerston drew up a rival plan, a harmless and not binding offer of mediation which, in case of refusal by switzerland, entailed no further ..."

3. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (1863)
"What is now passing in switzerland * is not an isolated feet; it is but one step in the general movement which is overturning the whole edifice of the old ..."

4. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (1864)
"What is now passing in switzerland * is not an isolated fact; it is but one step in the general movement which is overturning the whole edifice of the old ..."

5. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1809)
"MADAM, THESE Letters, relating to switzerland, naturally claim your ... a part of switzerland hitherto little known. Having, in 1785 and 1787, ..."

6. Northern Germany, as Far as the Bavarian and Austrian Frontiers: Handbook by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1893)
"Saxon switzerland. Flan. Two days at least are requisite for a visit to this ... During Whitsuntide the Saxon switzerland is apt to be over-crowded with ..."

7. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
""As in the past, so in the future, switzerland must remain the faithful ... When all relations between the belligerents were broken off, switzerland was ..."

8. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1909)
"But Palmerston drew up a rival plan, a harmless and not binding offer of mediation which, in case of refusal by switzerland, entailed no further ..."

9. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (1863)
"What is now passing in switzerland * is not an isolated feet; it is but one step in the general movement which is overturning the whole edifice of the old ..."

10. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (1864)
"What is now passing in switzerland * is not an isolated fact; it is but one step in the general movement which is overturning the whole edifice of the old ..."

11. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1809)
"MADAM, THESE Letters, relating to switzerland, naturally claim your ... a part of switzerland hitherto little known. Having, in 1785 and 1787, ..."

12. Northern Germany, as Far as the Bavarian and Austrian Frontiers: Handbook by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1893)
"Saxon switzerland. Flan. Two days at least are requisite for a visit to this ... During Whitsuntide the Saxon switzerland is apt to be over-crowded with ..."

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