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Fribourg

[ French free-boor ]

noun

  1. a canton in W Switzerland. 644 sq. mi. (1,668 sq. km).
  2. a town in and the capital of this canton.


Fribourg

/ fribur /

noun

  1. a canton in W Switzerland. Capital: Fribourg. Pop: 242 700 (2002 est). Area: 1676 sq km (645 sq miles)
  2. a town in W Switzerland, capital of Fribourg canton: university (1889). Pop: 35 547 (2000)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Located in Fribourg, Switzerland, Perritaz uses untreated, foraged fruit grown on high trees around his home in the Alpine region.

The taking of Rhinefeldt, Roeteln, and Fribourg, was the immediate consequence of the duke's victory.

Your maternal grandfather was noted for his wine cellar, and he bought his Havanas by the thousand from Fribourg and Treyer.

Switzerland gave them Fribourg in 1580, while Louvain had its college twenty years earlier.

I know at Fribourg an old lady who for thirty years past has regularly presented herself at the door of the asylum.

The best wines of Baden are produced in the seigniory of Badenweiler, near Fribourg.

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