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Montreux

British  
/ mɔ̃trø /

noun

  1. a town and resort in W Switzerland, in Vaud canton on Lake Geneva; annual television festival. Pop: 22 454 (2000)

"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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The only major straits where a toll is still collected are the "Turkish Straits" of the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles, which are governed by earlier agreements, signed in Montreux in 1936.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

The Traveller didn't trouble the charts but did win best folk album at the Montreux Jazz Festival's awards.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026

Anthony Cina, a 17-year-old high-school student from near Montreux, Switzerland, was waiting in line outside the bar with about 10 other people at around 1:25 a.m.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026

Montreux was slightly less so and felt like a “one-man show,” while Lollapalooza and Outside Lands were stimulating.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2025

The woman who ran it was very cheerful and the only person we knew in Montreux.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway

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