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Saint Gall

/ sɛ̃ ɡal /

noun

  1. a canton of NE Switzerland. Capital: St Gall. Pop: 455 200 (2002 est). Area: 2012 sq km (777 sq miles)
  2. a town in NE Switzerland, capital of St Gall canton: an important educational centre in the Middle Ages. Pop: 72 626 (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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Example Sentences

That is, at one time it recognises, at another rejects, the Abbot of Saint Gall.

Above two thousand of the present inhabitants of Saint Gall claim the honour of being descended from the burgomaster Vadian.

He had been elected eleven times to the office of Burgomaster of Saint Gall.

And when this place no longer suited her, she removed to a cell in the valley of Saint Gall.

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