Svislando
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From sviso (“Swiss person”) + lando (“land”), calque of English Switzerland.
Corresponds with several other West Germanic languages, including Afrikaans Switserland, Dutch Zwitserland, Scots Swisserland, West Frisian Switserlân, as well as a number of non-European languages, including Bengali সুইজারল্যান্ড (śuijarolênḍ), Hindi स्विट्ज़रलैण्ड (sviṭzarlaiṇḍ), Malay Switzerland, Thai สวิตเซอร์แลนด์ (sà-wít-səə-lɛɛn).

Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /sviˈslando/
Audio 1: (file) Audio 2: (file) Audio 3: (file) - Rhymes: -ando
- Syllabification: Svi‧slan‧do
Proper noun
[edit]Svislando (accusative Svislandon)
- Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)
See also
[edit]| Germanio | ||
| Francio | Aŭstrio Liĥtenŝtejno Aŭstrio | |
| Italio |
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- Esperanto compound terms
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- Esperanto 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Esperanto/ando
- Rhymes:Esperanto/ando/3 syllables
- Esperanto lemmas
- Esperanto proper nouns
- eo:Switzerland
- eo:Countries in Europe
