NIDWALD, NIDWALDEN

Meaning of NIDWALD, NIDWALDEN in English

geographical name see: Unterwalden

Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012

NIDWALD, NIDWALDEN — — see Unterwalden
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NIDWALD, NIDWALDEN — Function: geographical name ― see UNTERWALDEN
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NIDWALDEN — /neet"vahl'deuhn/ , n. a demicanton of Unterwalden, in central Switzerland. 26,200; 106 sq. mi. (275 sq. km). Cap.: Stans.
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NIDWALDEN — demi-canton (half canton), central Switzerland, formerly part of the canton of Unterwalden. Drained by the Engelberger Aa (river), it occupies …
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NIDWALDEN — Нидвальден
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OBERDORF, NIDWALDEN — Обердорф
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UNTERWALDEN — Former canton, central Switzerland. It was ruled after 1173 by the Habsburg counts. In 1291, with Uri and Schwyz, it …
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UNTERWALDEN — Ger. /oon"teuhrdd vahl'deuhn/ , n. a canton in central Switzerland: divided into demicantons. Cf. Obwalden, Nidwalden .
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STANS — /shtahns/ , n. a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland. 5700.
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CANTON — political subdivision in France, Switzerland, and other European countries. In France the canton, a subdivision of the arrondissement, is a …
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UNTERWALDEN — former canton, central Switzerland; it occupied the basins of the Sarner Aa (river) and the Engelberger Aa. The former canton …
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TICINO — ( (Italian), ) French and German Tessin, canton, southern Switzerland; wedge shaped, it protrudes into Italy to the west and …
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SWITZERLAND — officially Swiss Confederation, French Suisse, or Confdration Suisse, German Schweiz, or Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, Italian Svizzera, or Confederazione Svizzera, or Confederazione …
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STANS, DIET OF — (Dec. 22, 1481), agreement whereby civil war among the member states of the Swiss Confederation was averted. When the five …
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STANS — capital of Nidwalden half canton, central Switzerland, southeast of Luzern. First mentioned in 1172, it was the scene in 1481 …
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SCHINER, MATTHUS — born c. 1465, , Mhlebach, Switz. died Oct. 1, 1522, Rome also spelled Mathias Schinner Swiss prelate, papal diplomat, and …
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OBWALDEN — half canton, central Switzerland, formerly part of the canton of Unterwalden. The half canton is drained by the Sarner River …
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LUCERNE, LAKE — also called Lake of Lucerne, or Lake of the Four Cantons, German Vierwaldsttter See, French Lac Lucerne, or Lac des …
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EVERLASTING LEAGUE — also called League Of The Three Forest Cantons, German Ewige Bund, or Dreiwaldsttterbund (Aug. 1, 1291), the inaugural confederation from …
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UNTERWALDEN — Former canton, central Switzerland. It was ruled after 1173 by the Habsburg counts. In 1291, with Uri and Schwyz, it …
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ОБЕРДОРФ — Oberdorf, Nidwalden
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НИДВАЛЬДЕН — Nidwalden
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