St. Gallen

English

canton of St. Gallen (sense 1)

Alternative forms

• St Gallen
• Saint Gallen (rare)

Etymology

From Latin Gallus (“Gallic; Gaul”).

Proper noun

St. Gallen

1. A canton of Switzerland.

   Synonym: canton of St. Gallen

2. The capital city of St. Gallen canton, Switzerland.

Synonyms

• Saint Gall (historical), St. Gall

Derived terms

• Gallish

Translations

canton

• French: Saint-Gall (fr)
• German: St. Gallen (de), Sankt Gallen (de)

  Alemannic German: Sanggale

• Italian: San Gallo
• Portuguese: São Galo
• Romansch: Son Gagl m

city

• French: Saint-Gall (fr)
• German: St. Gallen (de), Sankt Gallen (de)

  Alemannic German: Sanggale

• Italian: Sankt Gallen
• Romansch: Son Gagl m

See also

• (cantons of Switzerland) Appenzell Inner Rhodes, Appenzell Outer Rhodes, Aargau, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Fribourg, Geneva, Glarus, Grisons, Jura, Lucerne, Neuchâtel, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, St. Gallen, Thurgau, Ticino, Uri, Vaud, Valais, Zug, Zurich ^{(Category: en:Cantons of Switzerland)}

German

Kanton St. Gallen (sense 1)

Alternative forms

• SG (canton; ISO 3166-2:CH)
• Sankt Gallen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zaŋkt ˈɡalən]

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Proper noun

St. Gallen n (proper noun, genitive St. Gallens or (optionally with an article) St. Gallen)

1. St Gallen (a canton of Switzerland)

   Synonym: Kanton St. Gallen

2. St. Gallen (the capital city of St. Gallen canton, Switzerland)

See also

• (cantons of Switzerland) Schweizer Kantone; Aargau, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Freiburg, Genf, Glarus, Graubünden, Jura, Luzern, Neuenburg, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, St. Gallen, Tessin, Thurgau, Uri, Waadt, Wallis, Zug, Zürich ^{(Category: de:Cantons of Switzerland)}

Further reading

• “St. Gallen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Sankt Gallen” in Duden online
• “St. Gallen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon