Bern

or Berne

[ burn; German bern ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
2. a canton in W Switzerland. 2,658 sq. mi. (6,885 sq. km). : Bern.

Bern

/ bɛrn; bɜːn /

noun

1. the capital of Switzerland, in the W part, on the Aar River: entered the Swiss confederation in 1353 and became the capital in 1848. Pop: 122 700 (2002 est)
2. a canton of Switzerland, between the French frontier and the Bernese Alps. Capital: Bern. Pop: 950 200 (2002 est). Area: 6884 sq km (2658 sq miles)

Example Sentences

“This is not a question of negligence, but how much negligence,” Bern told The Daily Beast.

From The Daily Beast

“George Kennan was tall, thin, blue-eyed, elegant,” she later wrote of their meeting at a safe house in Bern.

From The Daily Beast

Bobby had shown himself on the road out to Bern a difficult boy, and stupefyingly ignorant.

From Project Gutenberg

Shortly after the hour of the evening meal, a messenger from Bern delivered a letter addressed to the Headmaster.

From Project Gutenberg

Was it in Bern that the police had to hold the crowd back, and clear the squares for their plunging horses to pass?

From Project Gutenberg

Siegfried of the Niebelungen saga originates purely as a mrchen-hero; Dietrich of Bern is an historical personage.

From Project Gutenberg

At Bern, the quaint, beautiful old city of fountains and arcades, the deposed dictatrix of Bavaria found a pleasant asylum.

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