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Jungfrau

American  
[yoong-frau] / ˈjʊŋˌfraʊ /

noun

  1. a mountain in S Switzerland, in the Bernese Alps. 13,668 feet (4,166 meters).


Jungfrau British  
/ ˈjʊŋfrau /

noun

  1. a mountain in S Switzerland, in the Bernese Alps south of Interlaken. Height: 4158 m (13 642 ft)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Urs Kessler, who runs Jungfrau Railways, a train that takes tourists up the highest mountain in Switzerland, was excited for the return of Chinese tourists after COVID-19 restrictions were lifted late last year.

From Reuters ● Mar. 20, 2023

To speed access, Jungfrau Railways invested 470 million Swiss francs in a new cable car inaugurated in December.

From Reuters ● Jul. 2, 2021

I never get tired of the view over the city: on a clear day you can see all the way to the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau mountains in the Bernese Alps.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 2, 2019

Kloke has tightened the long and complicated "Paris scene" – featuring a casino, an acrobat, the collapse of Jungfrau Railway shares and a good deal more.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 17, 2013

The Jungfrau, you know,—the Virgin—is a mountain up which they want to build a wire railway.

From Pandora's Box A Tragedy in Three Acts by Frank Wedekind

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