Swiss Confederation

  

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Swiss Confederation

Definition: Swiss Confederation

Swiss Confederation

Noun

1. A landlocked federal republic in central Europe.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Swiss Confederation

DomainDefinition

Geography

Democratic federal state which is formed by 26 cantons, has four national languages(German, French, Italian and Romansh)and is situated in southern central Europe between Germany, France, Liechtenstein, Austria and Italy. Source: European Union. (references)

Law

The states of the -- are called cantons. Source: European Union. (references)

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Synonyms: Swiss Confederation

Synonyms: Schweiz (n), Suisse (n), Svizzera (n), Switzerland (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Swiss Confederation

English words defined with "Swiss Confederation": battle of SempatchSempatch. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Swiss Confederation

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Economic History

Switzerland

Independence: The first Swiss confederation was founded in August 1291 as a defensive alliance among three cantons. (references)

Switzerland

At the battle of Morgarten in 1315, the Swiss defeated the Hapsburg army and secured quasi-independence within the German Empire as the Swiss Confederation. (references)

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Modern Translation: Swiss Confederation

Language Translations for "Swiss Confederation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

Schweiz (Switzerland), Det Schweiziske Forbund (Switzerland), CH (Switzerland). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

Zwitserse Bondsstaat (Switzerland), Zwitserland (Switzerland), CH (Switzerland). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

Sveitsin valaliitto (Switzerland), Sveitsi (Switzerland), CH (Switzerland). (various references)

   

French

  

Suisse (Swiss, Switzerland), la Suisse (Switzerland), la Confédération suisse (Switzerland), Confédération suisse (Switzerland), Confédération helvétique, CHE (Switzerland), CH (Switzerland). (various references)

   

German

  

Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft (Switzerland), Schweiz (swiss, Switzerland, Switzerland (ch)), CHE (Switzerland), CH (remotely controlled station, Switzerland), Bund (alliance, association, band, bond, bunch, bundle, cluster, collar, confederation, connection, federal government, federation, flange, fret, league, sheaf, truss, union, waistband). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

Ελβετική Συνομοσπονδία (Switzerland), Ελβετία (Switzerland), CH (Switzerland). (various references)

   

Italian

  

Svizzera (Switzerland), Confederazione svizzera (Switzerland), CHE (as, or, such, than, that, what, whether, which, whichever, who, whom, whoseever), CH (Switzerland). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

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Portuguese

  

Suíça (Switzerland), Confederação Suíça (Switzerland), CH (Switzerland). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

Suiza (Switzerland), Confederación Suiza (Switzerland), CH (Switzerland). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

Schweiziska edsförbundet (Switzerland), Schweiz (Switzerland), CH (Switzerland). (various references)

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Ancestral Language Translations: Swiss Confederation

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

CH, CHE, Confoederatio Helvetica, RM:Confederaziun svizra, Svizra. (various references)

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Anagrams: Swiss Confederation

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-e-f-i-i-n-n-o-o-r-s-s-s-t-w"

-4 letters: antirecessions, confederations, considerations, coordinateness.

-5 letters: antirecession, confederation, consideration, containerised, containerises, franticnesses, inconsiderate, intercessions, secondariness.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Translations: Modern
6. Translations: Ancient
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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