Switzerland

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈswɪt.sə.lənd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈswɪt.sɚ.lənd/

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Proper noun

Switzerland's location

Switzerland

2. A country in south central Europe. Official name: Swiss Confederation

Derived terms

• Switzerland County

Related terms

• Swiss
• Switzer

Translations

sovereign country

• Afrikaans: Switserland
• Albanian: Zvicër f (indefinite), Zvicra (sq) f
• Amharic: ስዊዘርላንድ (səwizärland)
• Arabic: سْوِيسْرَا‎ f (swīsrā), سُوِيسْرَا‎ f (suwīsrā)

  Hijazi Arabic: سويسرا‎ f (swēsra, suwēsra)

• Armenian: Շվեյցարիա (hy) (Šveycʿaria)
• Aromanian: Shwaitsã
• Assamese: ছুইজাৰলেণ্ড (suizarlend)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܘܝܼܣܵܐ‎ f (šwīsa)
• Asturian: Suiza (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: İsveçrə (az)
• Bashkir: Швейцария (Şveytsariya)
• Basque: Suitza (eu)
• Belarusian: Швейца́рыя f (Švjejcáryja), Швайца́рыя f (Švajcáryja) (Taraškievica)
• Bengali: সুইজারল্যান্ড (bn) (śuijarolênḍ)
• Breton: Suis (br), Bro-Suis (br)
• Bulgarian: Швейца́рия (bg) f (Švejcárija)
• Burmese: ဆွစ်ဇာလန် (hcwacjalan)
• Catalan: Suïssa (ca) f
• Chechen: Швейцари (Šʷejcari)
• Cherokee: ᏍᏫᏣᎳᏂ (switsalani)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 瑞士 (seoi⁶ si⁶)

  Mandarin: 瑞士 (zh) (Ruìshì)

  Min Nan: 瑞士 (Sūi-sū)

  Wu: 瑞士 (zoe zr)

• Chuvash: Швейцари (Švejtsari)
• Czech: Švýcarsko (cs) n
• Danish: Schweiz (da) n, Svejts (da) n
• Dhivehi: ސުވިޒަލޭންޑު‎ (suvizalēn̊ḍu)
• Dutch: Zwitserland (nl)
• Dzongkha: སུའིཊ་ཛར་ལེན་ (su'iṭ dzar len)
• Esperanto: Svislando (eo), Svisio, Svisujo
• Estonian: Šveits (et)
• Farefare: Suistẽŋa
• Faroese: Sveis n
• Finnish: Sveitsi (fi)
• French: Suisse (fr)
• Friulian: Svuizare f
• Gagauz: Elveţiya
• Galician: Suíza (gl) f
• Georgian: შვეიცარია (šveicaria)
• German: Schweiz (de) f

  Alemannic German: Schwyz f, Schwiiz

• Greek: Ελβετία (el) f (Elvetía)
• Gujarati: સ્વિત્ઝરલેન્ડ (svitjharlenḍ)
• Hausa: Suwizalan
• Hawaiian: Kuikilani
• Hebrew: שְׁוַיְץ / שְׁװַײץ‎ (he) f (sh'váyts)
• Hindi: स्विट्ज़रलैण्ड (hi) m (sviṭzarlaiṇḍ), स्विट्ज़रलैंड m (sviṭzarlaiṇḍ)
• Hungarian: Svájc (hu)
• Hunsrik: Schweiz f
• Icelandic: Sviss (is) f
• Ido: Suisia (io)
• Indonesian: Swiss (id)
• Interlingua: Suissa
• Irish: An Eilvéis f, Cónaidhm na hEilvéise f
• Italian: Svizzera (it) f
• Japanese: スイス (ja) (Suisu), (obsolete) 瑞西 (ja)
• Kannada: ಸ್ವಿಟ್ಜರ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ (sviṭjarlyāṇḍ)
• Kazakh: Швейцария (Şveisariä)
• Khmer: ស្វីស (sviih)
• Korean: 스위스 (ko) (Seuwiseu)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Swîsre (ku), Swîs (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Швейцария (ky) (Şveytsariya)
• Lao: ສະວິດເຊີແລນ (lo) (sa wit sœ̄ lǣn), ສະວິດ (sa wit)
• Latin: Helvētia f
• Latvian: Šveice f
• Lithuanian: Šveicarija (lt) f
• Livonian: Šveits
• Low German:

  German Low German: Swiez (nds) f

• Luxembourgish: Schwäiz (lb) f
• Macedonian: Швајцарија (mk) f (Švajcarija)
• Malagasy: Soisa
• Malay: Switzerland
• Malayalam: സ്വിറ്റ്സർലാന്റ് (sviṟṟsaṟlānṟŭ)
• Maltese: Żvizzera
• Manx: Yn Elveeish f
• Maori: Witirana, Huiterangi
• Marathi: स्वित्झर्लंड (svitjharlaṇḍa)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Швейцар (Švejcar), Швейцарь (Švejcarʹ)

• Navajo: Swis bikéyah
• Nepali: स्विट्जरल्यान्ड (sviṭjaralyānḍa)
• Norman: Suisse f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Sveits (no)

  Nynorsk: Sveits (nn)

• Oriya: ସୁଇଜରଲ୍ୟାଣ୍ଡ (suijôrôlyaṇḍô)
• Ossetian: Швейцари (Švejcari)
• Pashto: سويس‎ (ps) m (swis), سوټزرلېنډ‎ m (sweṭzarlenḍ)
• Persian: سوئیس‎ (fa) (su'is), سویس‎ (fa) (sovis)
• Polish: Szwajcaria (pl) f
• Portuguese: Suíça (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਸਵਿਟਜ਼ਰਲੈਂਡ (saviṭzaralaiṇḍ)
• Romanian: Elveția (ro) f
• Romansch: Svizra f
• Russian: Швейца́рия (ru) f (Švejcárija)
• Sanskrit: स्विट्झर्ल्याण्ड् (sviṭjharlyāṇḍ)
• Saterland Frisian: Swaits
• Scots: Swisserland
• Scottish Gaelic: An Eilbheis f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Швајцарска f (Serbian), Шви̏царска̄ f (Bosnian, Croatian)

  Roman: Švajcarska f (Serbian), Švȉcarskā (sh) f (Bosnian, Croatian)

• Sicilian: Sbìzzira f
• Silesian: Szwajcaryjo f
• Sinhalese: ස්විට්සර්ලන්තය (swiṭsarlantaya)
• Slovak: Švajčiarsko (sk) n
• Slovene: Švíca (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Šwicaŕska f, Šwicojska f

• Spanish: Suiza (es) f
• Swahili: Uswisi (sw)
• Swedish: Schweiz (sv) n
• Tagalog: Suwisa
• Tajik: Швейтсария (tg) (Šveytsariya)
• Tamil: சுவிட்சர்லாந்து (cuviṭcarlāntu)
• Tatar: Швейцария (Şweytsariya)
• Telugu: స్విట్జర్లాండ్ (sviṭjarlāṇḍ)
• Thai: สวิตเซอร์แลนด์ (th) (sà-wít-səə-lɛɛn), สวิส (sà-wís)
• Tibetan: སུད་སི (sud si)
• Tigrinya: ስዊዘርላንድ (səwizärland)
• Turkish: İsviçre (tr)
• Turkmen: Şweýsariýa
• Ukrainian: Швейца́рія (uk) f (Švejcárija)
• Urdu: سویٹزرلینڈ‎ m (svīṭzarlaiṇḍ)
• Uyghur: شۋېتسارىيە‎ (shwëtsariye)
• Uzbek: Shveysariya (uz)
• Vietnamese: Thuỵ Sĩ (瑞士)
• Volapük: Jveizän (vo)
• Welsh: y Swistir (cy) m
• West Frisian: Switserlân (fy)
• Yiddish: שווייץ‎ f (shveyts)
• Yoruba: Switiṣilandi
• Zhuang: Nyeiqswq

Noun

Switzerland (uncountable)

1. (figurative) A neutral party in a dispute; one who does not take sides.

   I’m not getting involved in this argument. I’m Switzerland.

See also

• (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City
• Countries of the world