Lausanne

From French Lausanne.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ləʊˈzæn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /loʊˈzæn/

Lausanne

1. A municipality, a city, the capital of Vaud canton, in western Switzerland, in which French is the main language.

From the Roman name, Latin Lausanna or Lausōnium, connected to *lausa (“slab”), named after a cult stone that could be seen near Lausanne until the 19^th century.

• IPA^(key): /lo.zan/

Lausanne f

1. A city and district in western Switzerland, in which French is the main language

• Hubschmied, Johann Ulrich (1938), “Sprachliche Zeugen für das späte Aussterben des Gallischen”, in Vox Romanica‎ (in German), volume 3, →DOI, page 102 of 48–155
• Schuchardt, Hugo (1882), “V. Etymologisches. 1. Spanisch-portugiesische Etymologien”, in Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie (in German), volume 6, page 424

• IPA^(key): [loˈzan]

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• Hyphenation: Lau‧sanne

Lausanne n (proper noun, genitive Lausannes or (optionally with an article) Lausanne)

1. Lausanne (a municipality, a city, the capital of Vaud canton, in western Switzerland)

• “Lausanne” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Lausanne” in Duden online
• “Lausanne” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon