Switzerland

English

Etymology

Compound of Switzer +‎ -land, adopted in the 16th century from Early Modern German Schwytzerland "land of the Swiss".

Pronunciation

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

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Proper noun

Switzerland's location

Switzerland

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

Synonyms

• Swiss Confederation

Related terms

• Swiss
• Switzer

Derived terms

• Switzerland County

Translations

sovereign country

• Afrikaans: Switserland
• Albanian: Zvicra (sq) f
• Amharic: ስዊዘርላንድ (swizärland)
• Arabic: سُوِيسْرَا‏‎ f (suwisrā)
• Armenian: Շվեյցարիա (hy) (Šveycʿaria)
• Aromanian: Shwaitsã
• Asturian: Suiza (ast) f
• Azeri: İsveçrə (az)
• Bashkir: Швейцария (Šveytsariya)
• Basque: Suitza (eu)
• Belarusian: Швейца́рыя f (Švjejcáryja)
• Bengali: সুইজারল্যান্ড (suijarôlyanḑ)
• Breton: Suis, Bro-Suis
• 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, Sūi-se)

• Chuvash: Швейцари (Švejtsari)
• Czech: Švýcarsko (cs) n
• Danish: Schweiz (da), Svejts (da)
• Dutch: Zwitserland (nl)
• Esperanto: Svislando (eo)
• Estonian: Šveits (et)
• Faroese: Sveis n
• Finnish: Sveitsi (fi)
• French: Suisse (fr)
• Galician: Suíza (gl) f
• Georgian: შვეიცარია (šveicaria)
• German: Schweiz (de) f

  Alemannic German: Schwyz f

• Greek: Ελβετία (el) f (Elvetía)
• Gujarati: સ્વિત્ઝરલેન્ડ (svitjharlenḍ)
• Hawaiian: Kuikilani
• Hebrew: שְׁוַיְץ / שווייץ‏‎ (he) f (shváyitz)
• Hindi: स्विट्ज़रलैण्ड (hi) (sviṭzarlaiṇḍ)
• Hungarian: Svájc (hu)
• Icelandic: Sviss (is) f
• Ido: Suisia (io)
• Indonesian: Swis
• 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 (sviṭjarlyāṃḍ)
• Kazakh: Швейцария (Şveycarïya)
• Khmer: ស្វីស (sviih)
• Korean: 스위스 (Seuwiseu)
• Kyrgyz: Швейцария (Şveytsariya)
• Lao: ສະວິດເຊີແລນ (lo) (sa wit sœ̄ lǣn)
• 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 (sviṟṟsarlānṟ)
• Maltese: Svizzera, l-Isvizzera
• Manx: Yn Elveeish f
• Maori: Witirana, Huiterangi
• Marathi: स्वित्झर्लंड (svitjharlaṇḍ)
• Mongolian: Швейцари (mn) (Švejtsari), Швецари (Švetsari)
• Navajo: Swis bikéyah
• Norman: Suisse f
• Norwegian: Sveits (no)
• Ossetian: Швейцари (Švejcari)
• Pashto: سويس‏‎ (ps) (suvis)
• Persian: سوئیس‏‎ (fa) (su'is), سویس‏‎ (fa) (suvis)
• Polish: Szwajcaria (pl) f
• Portuguese: Suíça (pt) f
• Romanian: Elveția (ro) f
• Romansch: Svizra f
• Russian: Швейца́рия (ru) f (Švejcárija)
• Saterland Frisian: Swaits
• Scottish Gaelic: An Eilbheis f
• Serbo-Croatian:

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

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

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

  Lower Sorbian: Šwicarska f, Šwicojska f

• Spanish: Suiza (es) f
• Swahili: Uswisi (sw)
• Swedish: Schweiz (sv)
• Tagalog: Suwisa
• Tajik: Швейтсария (tg) (Šveytsariya)
• Tamil: சுவிட்சர்லாந்து (cuviṭcarlāntu)
• Tatar: Швейцария (Şweytsariya)
• Telugu: స్విట్జర్లాండ్ (sviṭjarlāṃḍ)
• Thai: สวิตเซอร์แลนด์ (th) (sà-wít-səə-lɛɛn)
• Turkish: İsviçre (tr)
• Turkmen: Şweýsariýa
• Ukrainian: Швейца́рія (uk) f (Švejcárija)
• Urdu: سویٹزرلینڈ‏‎ (sviṭzarlaiṇḍ)
• Uzbek: Shveysariya (uz)
• Vietnamese: Thụy Sĩ (vi) (瑞士)
• Volapük: Jveizän (vo)
• Welsh: Swistir (cy) m
• West Frisian: Switserlân (fy)
• Yiddish: שווייץ‏‎ f (shveyts)

See also

• Appendix:Place names in Switzerland
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