Switzerland

English Etymology Compound of en Switzer -land, adopted in the 16th century from Early Modern en de Schwytzerland land of the Swiss. Noun sense refers to the state’s political neutrality in both World Wars. Pronunciation en /ˈswɪtsələnd/ UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Switzerland.wav UK en /ˈswɪtsɚlənd/ US en en-us-Switzerland.ogg US en /ˈsʋɪzə(ɾ)ˌlaɳɖ/ Indic en /ˈswitsɚlɐnd/ Philippines en /sʷit̚˥.sœ˧.lɐn˧/ Hong Kong en /ˈswɨtsəˌland/ South Africa Proper noun thumb|Switzerland's location en Q39en country r/Western Europe,Central Europe Swiss Confederation Bern<qq:de facto>. en Much of Switzerland is located in the Alps. Philip Oltermann Switzerland’s national pride dealt heavy blow by the merger of its banking titans 2023-03-22 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/22/switzerlands-national-pride-dealt-heavy-blow-by-the-merger-of-its-banking-titans 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20230331125720/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/22/switzerlands-national-pride-dealt-heavy-blow-by-the-merger-of-its-banking-titans Sandee LaMotte Chemicals linked to breast cancer leach into our foods, study finds https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/24/health/breast-cancer-food-storage-chemicals 2024-09-24 “There is strong evidence that 76 known or potential breast carcinogens from food contact materials recently purchased all over the world can be found in people,” said study coauthor Jane Muncke, managing director and chief scientific officer at the Food Packaging Forum, a nonprofit foundation based in Zurich, Switzerland, that focuses on science communication and research. https://web.archive.org/web/20241126202308/https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/24/health/breast-cancer-food-storage-chemicals/ Derived terms en Switzerland County Related terms en Swiss en Switzer Translations Q39 sovereign country Abkhaz: ab Швеицариа Afrikaans: af Switserland Albanian: sq Zvicër f indefinite, sq Zvicra f definite Amharic: am ስዊዘርላንድ Arabic: ar سُوِيسْرَا f Egyptian Arabic: arz سويسرا f swesra Hijazi Arabic: acw سويسرا f swēsra Moroccan Arabic: ary سويسرا f South Levantine Arabic: ajp سويسرا f swīsra Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܫܘܝܼܣܵܐ f šwīsa Armenian: hy Շվեյցարիա Aromanian: rup Ilvitii f, rup Ilvitie f indefinite, rup Ilvitia f Assamese: as ছুইজাৰলেণ্ড suizarlend Asturian: ast Suiza f Azerbaijani: az İsveçrə Bashkir: ba Швейцария Basque: eu Suitza Belarusian: be Швейца́рыя f, be Швайца́рыя f Taraškievica Bengali: bn সুইজারল্যান্ড Breton: br Suis, br Bro-Suis Bulgarian: bg Швейца́рия f Burmese: my ဆွစ်ဇာလန် Buryat: bua Швейцари Carpathian Rusyn: rue Швейца́рія f, rue Швайц m Catalan: ca Suïssa f Chechen: ce Швейцари Cherokee: chr ᏍᏫᏣᎳᏂ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 瑞士 seoi6 si6 Eastern Min: cdo 瑞士 Hakka: hak 瑞士 Sui-sṳ Hokkien: nan-hbl 瑞士 Sūi-sū Mandarin: cmn 瑞士 Wu: wuu 瑞士 Chuvash: cv Швейцари Circassian: East Circassian: kbd Шуэцарэ West Circassian: ady Швейцарие Czech: cs Švýcarsko n Danish: da Schweiz, da Svejts dated Dhivehi: dv ސުވިޒަލޭންޑު Dutch: nl Zwitserland n Dzongkha: dz སུའིཊ་ཛར་ལེན་ Esperanto: eo Svislando, eo Svisio, eo Svisujo Estonian: et Šveits Farefare: gur Suistẽŋa Faroese: fo Sveis n Finnish: fi Sveitsi French: fr Suisse f Frisian: Saterland Frisian: stq Swaits West Frisian: fy Switserlân Friulian: fur Svuizare f Gagauz: gag Elveţiya Galician: gl Suíza f Georgian: ka შვეიცარია German: de Schweiz f Alemannic German: gsw Schwyz f, gsw Schwiiz f Alsatian Alemannic German: gsw-FR-als Schwyz f Greek: el Ελβετία f Gujarati: gu સ્વિત્ઝરલેન્ડ Hausa: ha Suwizalan Hawaiian: haw Kuikilani Hebrew: he שווייץ f sh'váyts שְׁוַיְץ, he שְׁוֵיצָרִִיָּה f shvētzaría Hindi: hi स्विट्ज़रलैण्ड m, hi स्विट्ज़रलैंड m Hungarian: hu Svájc Hunsrik: hrx Schweiz f Icelandic: is Sviss f Ido: io Suisia Indonesian: id Swiss Interlingua: ia Suissa Irish: ga Eilvéis an Eilvéis f Italian: it Svizzera f Japanese: ja スイス Suisu, ja 瑞西 スイス, Suisu obsolete Javanese: jv Switserlan Kannada: kn ಸ್ವಿಟ್ಜರ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ Kapampangan: pam Suisa Traditional, pam Swisa Modern Kashubian: csb Szwajcarskô f Kazakh: kk Швейцария Khmer: km ស្វីស Korean: ko ^스위스, ko ^서서(瑞西) obsolete Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Swîsre, kmr Swîs Kyrgyz: ky Швейцария Lao: lo ສະວິດເຊີແລນ, lo ສະວິດ Latin: la Helvētia f Latvian: lv Šveice f Lithuanian: lt Šveicarija f Livonian: liv Šveits Low German: German Low German: nds-de Swiez f Luxembourgish: lb Schwäiz f Macedonian: mk Швајцарија f Malagasy: mg Soisa Malay: ms Switzerland Malayalam: ml സ്വിറ്റ്സർലാന്റ് Maltese: mt Żvizzera f Manx: gv Elveeish f Yn Elveeish Māori: mi Witirana, mi Huiterangi Marathi: mr स्वित्झर्लंड Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Швейцар, mn Швейцарь Mongolian script: mn ᠱᠸᠢᠼᠠᠷ Navajo: nv Swis bikéyah Nepali: ne स्विट्जरल्यान्ड Norman: nrf Suisse f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Sveits Nynorsk: nn Sveits n Odia: or ସୁଇଜରଲ୍ୟାଣ୍ଡ Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: cu Свицєра f modern Ossetian: os Швейцари Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Швайцарска f Pashto: ps سويس m swis, ps سوټزرلېنډ m sweṭzarlenḍ Persian: Dari: prs سْوِیس, prs سُوِیس Iranian Persian: fa-ira ⁧سوئیس, fa-ira سوییس⁩, fa-ira سُویس⁩ Polish: pl Szwajcaria f Portuguese: pt Suíça f Punjabi: Gurmukhi: pa ਸਵਿਟਜ਼ਰਲੈਂਡ m Romanian: ro Elveția f Romansh: rm Svizra f Russian: ru Швейца́рия f Sami: Northern Sami: se Šveica, se Sveica, se Sveitsa Sanskrit: sa स्विट्झर्ल्याण्ड् Scots: sco Swisserland Scottish Gaelic: gd Eilbheis f An Eilbheis Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Шва̏јцарска̄ f Serbian, sh Шви̏царска̄ f Bosnian, Croatian Latin: sh Švȁjcarskā f Serbian, sh Švȉcarskā f Bosnian, Croatian Sicilian: scn Sbìzzira f, scn Suìzzira f Silesian: szl Szwajcaryjo f Sinhalese: si ස්විට්සර්ලන්තය Slovak: sk Švajčiarsko n Slovene: sl Švíca f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb Šwicaŕska f, dsb Šwicojska f Spanish: es Suiza f Sundanese: su Suis Swahili: sw Uswisi Swedish: sv Schweiz c Tagalog: tl Suwisa Tajik: tg Швейтсария, tg Швейсария Tamil: ta சுவிட்சர்லாந்து Tatar: tt Швейцария Telugu: te స్విట్జర్లాండ్ Thai: th สวิตเซอร์แลนด์, th สวิส Tibetan: bo སུད་སི Tigrinya: ti ስዊዘርላንድ Turkish: tr İsviçre Turkmen: tk Şweýsariýa Ukrainian: uk Швейца́рія f Urdu: ur سْوِیٹْزَرْلَینْڈ m, ur سْوِیٹْزَر لَینْڈ m Uyghur: ug شۋېتسارىيە Uzbek: uz Shveysariya Vietnamese: vi Thuỵ Sĩ (vi 瑞士) Volapük: vo Jveizän Welsh: cy Swistir m y Swistir Yiddish: yi שווייץ f Yoruba: yo Switiṣilandi Zhuang: za Nyeiqswq Noun - en figurative usually predicative A neutral party in a dispute; one who does not take sides. en I’m not getting involved in this argument. I’m Switzerland. See also Countries of the world en exonyms