Unterwalden

American  

[oon-tuhr-vahl-duhn] / ˈʊn tərˌvɑl dən /

noun

1. a canton in central Switzerland: divided into demicantons.

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Unterwalden British  

/ ˈʊntərˌvaldən /

noun

1. a canton of central Switzerland, on Lake Lucerne: consists of the demicantons of Nidwalden (east) and Obwalden (west). Capitals: (Nidwalden) Stans; (Obwalden) Sarnen. Pop: (Nidwalden) 38 900 (2002 est); (Obwalden) 33 000 (2002 est). Areas: (Nidwalden) 274 sq km (107 sq miles); (Obwalden) 492 sq km (192 sq miles)

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Unterwalden

Six hundred and fifty years before, representatives of the three "forest cantons" of Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden had gathered in the same glade to light a fire symbolizing their confederation against the house of Habsburg.

From Time Magazine Archive

The sister valley of Upper Unterwalden was the most fertile and beautiful.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 by Various

They had certain intelligence that Unterwalden intended to escort her landvogt to Baden with an armed force.

From The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli by Johann Jakob Hottinger

In the hope of restoring confidence and unity, a council or Diet was convened at Stantz, one of the principal towns of the canton of Unterwalden.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 by Various

Stantz, the seat of the Diet, and a mere village, was the principal town of Lower Unterwalden.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 by Various

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