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SWITZERLAND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A landlocked federal republic in central Europe
Synonyms:
Schweiz; Suisse; Svizzera; Swiss Confederation; Switzerland
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
European country; European nation (any one of the countries occupying the European continent)
Meronyms (parts of "Switzerland"):
Weisshorn (a mountain in the Alps in Switzerland (14,804 feet high))
Rhone; Rhone River (a major French river; flows into the Mediterranean near Marseilles)
Rhein; Rhine; Rhine River (a major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world; flows into the North Sea)
Matterhorn (a mountain in the Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy (14,780 feet high); noted for its distinctive shape)
Lake Geneva; Lake Leman (a lake between southwestern Switzerland and France that is crossed from east to west by the Rhone)
Alps; the Alps (a large mountain system in south-central Europe; scenic beauty and winter sports make them a popular tourist attraction)
Aar; Aare; Aare River (a river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine)
Zurich (the largest city in Switzerland; located in the northern part of the country)
Lausanne (a city in western Switzerland; cultural and commercial center)
Interlaken (a popular resort town in the Alps in west central Switzerland)
Geneva; Geneve; Genf (a city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of Lake Geneva; it is the headquarters of various international organizations)
Bale; Basel; Basle (a city in northwestern Switzerland)
Bern; Berne; capital of Switzerland (the capital of Switzerland; located in western Switzerland)
Swiss canton (one of the cantons of Switzerland)
Savoy (a geographical region of historical importance; a former duchy in what is now southwestern France, western Switzerland, and northwestern Italy)
Tessin; Ticino (an Italian-speaking region of southern Switzerland)
Domain member region:
commune (the smallest administrative district of several European countries)
International Relations and Security Network; ISN (Switzerland's information network for security and defense studies and for peace and conflict research and for international relations)
battle of Sempach; Sempach (the Swiss Confederation escaped Hapsburg domination by their victory in 1386)
Instance hyponyms:
Helvetia (the Latin name for Switzerland)
Holonyms ("Switzerland" is a part of...):
Europe (the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use 'Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles)
Context examples:
And when that owner come back from his holiday in Switzerland he find only an empty hole where his house had been.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
There were little groups, she reasoned, like Switzerland, and there were big groups like the United States.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
When we were in Switzerland he followed us with Moriarty, and it was undoubtedly he who gave me that evil five minutes on the Reichenbach ledge.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Northern Europe including France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland are definitely on the safe side.
(Scientists Track Chinese Space Station as It Falls to Earth, VOA)
Study involving nearly 700 adolescents in Switzerland found that memory performance of specific brain regions exposed to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields during mobile phone use may be adversely affected.
(Cell Phone Radiation Harmful for Memory, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
In a joint-trial held by University College London, in England, and the University of Zurich, in Switzerland, 76 healthy volunteers were given either the drug or a placebo dummy pill.
(Antibiotics Could Prevent, Cure PTSD, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The team of scientists looked at the most harmful weather-related disasters — heat waves, cold snaps, wildfires, droughts, floods and windstorms — across the European Union, plus Switzerland, Norway and Iceland.
(Study: Climate Change Will Bring 50-Fold Rise in Europe Weather-related Deaths, VOA News)
In 2008-2009 the PGR slid in Germany, France and in the Czech Republic but population growth continued in the Netherlands and Switzerland.
(Is the Global Crisis Triggering Basic Instincts?, BOGDAN FLORIN PAUL)
Denotes a person having origins in any of the countries of northern Europe such as Belgium, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, or Great Britain.
(Northern European, NCI Thesaurus)
With assistance from collaborators at Tennessee State University and in Geneva, Switzerland, they were able to measure the star around which the planet orbits to gain a clearer picture of whether life could exist there.
(Searching for Life on Wolf 1061 Exoplanet, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
