Oberland
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Elsewhere in Switzerland, above the resort of Kandersteg, in the Bernese Oberland region, a rockface has become unstable, threatening the village.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2025
Mr May is known to have a love of Lucerne, the Bernese Oberland and the resort of Zermatt, with its views of the Matterhorn.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2016
The most ambitious Alpine jaunt was undertaken by Byron and his visiting Cambridge chum Hobhouse, into the breathtaking Bernese Oberland.
From New York Times ● May 27, 2011
Old military bunkers in the Bernese Oberland now serve as maximum-security vaults for nervous Europeans.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 9, 2010
Don’t you remember all that abominable cannon nuisance when we were in the Bernese Oberland?
From John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising by Bertram Mitford
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