Lausanne
English
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Lausanne
Proper noun
Lausanne
- A municipality, a city, the capital of Vaud canton, in western Switzerland, in which French is the main language.
Translations
city
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French
Etymology
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 19th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lo.zan/
Proper noun
Lausanne f
- A city and district in western Switzerland, in which French is the main language
References
- Hubschmied, Johann Ulrich (1938), “Sprachliche Zeugen für das späte Aussterben des Gallischen”, in Vox Romanica (in German), volume 3, , 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
German
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Lausanne
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [loˈzan]
(file) - Hyphenation: Lau‧sanne
Proper noun
Lausanne n (proper noun, genitive Lausannes or (optionally with an article) Lausanne)
- Lausanne (a municipality, a city, the capital of Vaud canton, in western Switzerland)
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