Basel

[ bah-zuhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a city in and the capital of Basel-Stadt, in northwestern Switzerland, on the Rhine River.
a canton in northern Switzerland, divided into two independent areas.

Basel

/ ˈbɑːzəl /

Miami Art Basel is packed with celebrities, including Kim Kardashian and Miley Cyrus.

The work at Art Basel is often interesting, often dull, and disproportionately decorative in nature.

Clearly, the least cool people are the most in-demand: the rich folks who power the Art Basel engine.

Art Basel itself is but the center of a cluster of mega-shows taking place in Miami this week.

In the meantime, keep your eyes peeled for the Sheikha Al-Mayassa at Miami Art Basel in a couple of weeks.

In the neighborhood of Basel he assembled and divided his army.

In consequence of some mishaps he left Basel quite precipitately, his departure causing no such sensation as his arrival.

When Castlereagh arrived at the allied headquarters early in January, 1814, he found them established in Basel.

Think of what every fathead princeling and beer-swilling ritter from here to Basel would say!

The tomb of Erasmus in Basel is marked by a stone slab on which are an epitaph, an effigy, and then the pathetic word "Terminus."

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