Schaffhausen
Americannoun
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a canton in N Switzerland. 100 sq. mi. (259 sq. km).
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a city in and the capital of this canton, on the Rhine.
noun
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a small canton of N Switzerland. Pop: 73 900 (2002 est). Area: 298 sq km (115 sq miles)
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a town in N Switzerland, capital of Schaffhausen canton, on the Rhine. Pop: 33 628 (2000)
Example Sentences
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From Stein am Rhein, you can take a boat down the Rhine to Schaffhausen, Switzerland, which is near Rheinfall, or the Rhine Falls.
From Washington Post • Jun. 24, 2022
"We beamed him from his office in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, to the event in Shanghai," says David Nussbaum, the boss of US holograms firm Portl.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2021
Police put the center of Schaffhausen into lockdown and launched a manhunt for the suspect they identified as 51-year-old Franz Wrousis.
From Reuters • Jul. 24, 2017
Schaffhausen is a city of about 36,000 people north of Zurich on the German border.
From Time • Jul. 24, 2017
The works of Albert D�rer in theory, and the bridge-head of Schaffhausen in practice, are the best examples of this.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
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