Switzerland is the Alpine country of banks, watches, and holey cheese. Travel to Switzerland, eastern Switzerland, the mountains of Switzerland.
It has four national languages — German, French, Italian and Romansh — and decides many questions by direct referendum several times a year. Its neutrality has held since 1815, and it joined the United Nations only in 2002.
1nounswitzerlandA country in the Alps.
“Geneva and Zurich are two of the largest cities in Switzerland.”
switzerland is a country.
German
Schwytzerland — land of the Swiss
English
Switzerland
English, today
switzerland
Switzerland Compound of Switzer + -land, adopted in the 16th century from Early Modern German Schwytzerland (“land of the Swiss”). Noun sense refers to the state’s political neutrality in both World Wars.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
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