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Definition: Swiss Confederation |
Swiss ConfederationNoun1. A landlocked federal republic in central Europe. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
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 ConfederationSynonyms: Schweiz (n), Suisse (n), Svizzera (n), Switzerland (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Swiss Confederation |
| English words defined with "Swiss Confederation": battle of Sempatch ♦ Sempatch. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
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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| 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 | isssway onfederationcay Suíça (Switzerland), Confederação Suíça (Switzerland), CH (Switzerland). (various references) Suiza (Switzerland), Confederación Suiza (Switzerland), CH (Switzerland). (various references) Schweiziska edsförbundet (Switzerland), Schweiz (Switzerland), CH (Switzerland). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | CH, CHE, Confoederatio Helvetica, RM:Confederaziun svizra, Svizra. (various references) |
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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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