Liechtenstein is a tiny Alpine principality between Switzerland and Austria. Travel to Liechtenstein, born in Liechtenstein, the prince of Liechtenstein.
It has no airport and no army, uses the Swiss franc, and is one of only two doubly landlocked countries in the world, meaning every neighbour is landlocked too. It is smaller than most cities and richer than almost anywhere.
1nounliechtensteinTiny Alpine principality squeezed between Switzerland and Austria.
“We drove from Switzerland into Liechtenstein and crossed the whole country in half an hour.”
liechtenstein is a country.
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Liechtenstein Borrowed from German Liechtenstein. German Liechtenstein, from liecht, an obsolete variant of licht (“light, bright”), + Stein (“stone”), literally meaning bright stone. Named after the name of the ruling dynasty, which in turn derives its name from that of Liechtenstein Castle.
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