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Oberland

American  
[oh-ber-land, oh-buhr-lahnt] / ˈoʊ bərˌlænd, ˈoʊ bərˌlɑnt /

noun

  1. a mountain region in central Switzerland, mostly in S Bern canton.


Oberland British  
/ ˈəʊbəˌlænd /

noun

  1. the lower parts of the Bernese Alps in central Switzerland, mostly in S Bern canton

"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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Elsewhere in Switzerland, above the resort of Kandersteg, in the Bernese Oberland region, a rockface has become unstable, threatening the village.

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2025

In Valais and Bernese Oberland, tourists heading for ski holidays were hit by the disruption.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2025

I went to the Bernese Oberland and Interlaken, to Graubünden in the east, to Valais in the south, to Ticino in the southeast, to Geneva, Neuchâtel, Basel, Bern, Vals.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2015

Old military bunkers in the Bernese Oberland now serve as maximum-security vaults for nervous Europeans.

From The Guardian • Oct. 9, 2010

From this lake we might turn our course easterly, and soon find ourselves amid the glacial regions of the Oberland Alps—scenes full of deep and thrilling interest.

From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Hitchcock, Edward

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