Switzerland
/ˈswɪtsələnd//ˈswɪtsɚlənd/
Switzerland proper noun: a country in Western Europe and Central Europe. Official name: Swiss Confederation. Capital: Bern (de facto).
Proper noun
Switzerland
- A country in Western Europe and Central Europe. Official name: Swiss Confederation. Capital: Bern (de facto).
- Much of Switzerland is located in the Alps.
- While the move has, for now, calmed fears of a repeat of a 2008-style domino effect, the merger has left Switzerland with a new megabank on Paradeplatz square.2023 March 22, Philip Oltermann, “Switzerland’s national pride dealt heavy blow by the merger of its banking titans”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2023
Noun
Switzerland (uncountable)
- A neutral party in a dispute; one who does not take sides.
- I’m not getting involved in this argument. I’m Switzerland.
Switzerland meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Switzerland in Hindi
- sovereign country
- स्विट्ज़रलैण्ड sviṭzarlaiṇḍ, स्विट्ज़रलैंड sviṭzarlaiṇḍ
Switzerland in Tamil
- sovereign country
- சுவிட்சர்லாந்து cuviṭcarlāntu
Switzerland in Marathi
- sovereign country
- स्वित्झर्लंड svitjharlaṇḍa
Switzerland in Urdu
- sovereign country
- سْوِیٹْزَرْلَینْڈ svīṭzarlainḍ, سْوِیٹْزَر لَینْڈ svīṭzar lainḍ
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- Switzerland in Bengali
- সুইজারল্যান্ড śuijarolênḍ
- Switzerland in Telugu
- స్విట్జర్లాండ్ sviṭjarlāṇḍ
- Switzerland in Malayalam
- സ്വിറ്റ്സർലാന്റ് sviṟṟsaṟlānṟŭ
- Switzerland in Kannada
- ಸ್ವಿಟ್ಜರ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ sviṭjarlyāṇḍ
- Switzerland in Punjabi
- ਸਵਿਟਜ਼ਰਲੈਂਡ saviṭzaralaiṇḍ
- Switzerland in Gujarati
- સ્વિત્ઝરલેન્ડ svitjharlenḍ
- Switzerland in Odia
- ସୁଇଜରଲ୍ୟାଣ୍ଡ suijaralyāṇḍa
- Switzerland in Sanskrit
- स्विट्झर्ल्याण्ड् sviṭjharlyāṇḍ
- Switzerland in Sinhala
- ස්විට්සර්ලන්තය swiṭsarlantaya
- Switzerland in Assamese
- ছুইজাৰলেণ্ড suizarlend
- Switzerland in Nepali
- स्विट्जरल्यान्ड sviṭjaralyānḍa
- Switzerland in Pashto
- سويس swis, سوټزرلېنډ sweṭzarlenḍ
- Switzerland in Tagalog
- Suwisa
- Switzerland in Arabic
- سُوِيسْرَا suwīsrā
- Switzerland in Malay
- Switzerland
- Switzerland in Indonesian
- Swiss
- Switzerland in Thai
- สวิตเซอร์แลนด์ sà-wít-səə-lɛɛn, สวิส sà-wís
- Switzerland in Vietnamese
- Thuỵ Sĩ
- Switzerland in Myanmar
- ဆွစ်ဇာလန် hcwacjalan
- Dhivehi
- ސުވިޒަލޭންޑު suvizalēn̊ḍu
- Dzongkha
- སུའིཊ་ཛར་ལེན་ su'iṭ dzar len
Origin of 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.
Words formed from Switzerland
Questions about Switzerland
- What does Switzerland mean?
- Switzerland means a country in Western Europe and Central Europe. Official name: Swiss Confederation. Capital: Bern (de facto).
- What is Switzerland in Hindi?
- Switzerland in Hindi is स्विट्ज़रलैण्ड (sviṭzarlaiṇḍ), स्विट्ज़रलैंड (sviṭzarlaiṇḍ). See Switzerland meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Switzerland?
- Switzerland can be a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce Switzerland?
- Switzerland is pronounced /ˈswɪtsələnd/ (UK).
Words near Switzerland in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Switzerland (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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