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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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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

After releasing a series of standalone singles, he embarked on a 2025 summer tour playing European jazz festivals at Montreux and North Sea, and a North American tour bigger than his first.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2025

In 1975, she and her husband established Mountain Studios in Montreux.

From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2022

Second, the Montreux Convention, which regulates maritime access to the Black Sea, gives Turkey a say over which non-Black Sea states are allowed to pass in and out through the Bosphorus.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2022

“If you really want winter sport,” the second official said, “you will go to the Engadine or to Miirren. I must protest against your being advised to go to Montreux for the winter sport.”

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway

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