Saint Gall

/ sɛ̃ ɡal /

noun

1. a canton of NE Switzerland. Capital: St Gall. Pop: 455 200 (2002 est). Area: 2012 sq km (777 sq miles)
2. a town in NE Switzerland, capital of St Gall canton: an important educational centre in the Middle Ages. Pop: 72 626 (2000)

Example Sentences

That is, at one time it recognises, at another rejects, the Abbot of Saint Gall.

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Above two thousand of the present inhabitants of Saint Gall claim the honour of being descended from the burgomaster Vadian.

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He had been elected eleven times to the office of Burgomaster of Saint Gall.

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And when this place no longer suited her, she removed to a cell in the valley of Saint Gall.

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