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Herisau

American  
[hey-ri-zou] / ˈheɪ rɪˌzaʊ /

noun

  1. a town in and the capital of Appenzell Ausser Rhoden, in NE Switzerland.


Herisau British  
/ ˈheːrizau /

noun

  1. a town in NE Switzerland, capital of Appenzell Outer Rhodes demicanton. Pop: 15 882 (2000)

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It shows Watts performing with his own jazz band, The ABC and D of Boogie Woogie, at the Casino in Herisau, Switzerland in January 2010.

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2021

That night we slept at Herisau, the largest town in the Canton, and here I was to part with Spruner.

From Scenes in Switzerland by American Tract Society

But first came the singing societies of Herisau, and forced their way into the centre of the throng, where they sang, simply yet grandly, the songs of Appenzell.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 by Various

My friend Spruner had business at Herisau, and spending one more evening together, our prayers mingling for the last time, we parted.

From Scenes in Switzerland by American Tract Society

By light railways it is 12� m. from St Gall past Gais or 20� m. past Herisau.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various