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Sonderbund

Sonderbund proper noun: the Swiss cantons of Lucerne, Fribourg, Valais, Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden, and Zug, all predominantly Catholic and governed by conservative administrations, and the subject of the Sonderbund War of 1847.

sonderbund: the Swiss cantons of Lucerne, Fribourg, Valais, Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden, and Zug, all...
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Proper noun

the Sonderbund

  1. (historical) The Swiss cantons of Lucerne, Fribourg, Valais, Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden, and Zug, all predominantly Catholic and governed by conservative administrations, and the subject of the Sonderbund War of 1847.

Origin of Sonderbund

From German Sonderbund (literally “special alliance”).

Questions about Sonderbund

What does Sonderbund mean?
Sonderbund means the Swiss cantons of Lucerne, Fribourg, Valais, Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden, and Zug, all predominantly Catholic and governed by conservative administrations, and the subject of the Sonderbund War of 1847.
What part of speech is Sonderbund?
Sonderbund is a proper noun.

Words near Sonderbund in the dictionary

  1. sondages
  2. sonde
  3. sondeli
  4. sondelis
  5. sonder
  6. Sonderbund
  7. Sonderweg
  8. sondes
  9. sondesh
  10. Sondheim
  11. Sondheimian

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