Fribourg
Americannoun
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a canton in W Switzerland. 644 sq. mi. (1,668 sq. km).
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a town in and the capital of this canton.
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a canton in W Switzerland. Capital: Fribourg. Pop: 242 700 (2002 est). Area: 1676 sq km (645 sq miles)
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a town in W Switzerland, capital of Fribourg canton: university (1889). Pop: 35 547 (2000)
Example Sentences
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“Animals and pathogens do not care about political borders,” said Jérôme Gippet, a biologist at the University of Fribourg and the University of Lausanne in Switzerland and the study’s lead author.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
Sergio Rossi is a professor of economics at Switzerland's University of Fribourg.
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025
They must now be analysed in a laboratory to reveal their dates, said the leader of the team, Evan Miles, a glaciologist affiliated with the universities of Fribourg and Zurich.
From Barron's • Oct. 13, 2025
Researchers at ULiège have collaborated with the University of Fribourg in Switzerland to investigate whether the body is truly disconnected from the external world during sleep.
From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2024
They started from Fribourg and walked to Thun and then back to Bulle, and so to Bultigen, Saanen, Montbovon and the Lake of Geneva.
From Marriage by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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