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Sarnen

American  
[zahr-nuhn] / ˈzɑr nən /

noun

  1. a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.


Sarnen British  
/ ˈzarnən /

noun

  1. a town in central Switzerland, capital of Obwalden demicanton: resort. Pop: 9145 (2000)

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The schultheiss of Erlach, along with two members of the Small and three of the Great Council, went to Sarnen.

From The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli by Johann Jakob Hottinger

Stands the fortress still, when Sarnen lies In ashes, and when Rossberg is a ruin?

From Wilhelm Tell by Friedrich Schiller

The road carried us through Sarnen, where my companions, who had never before visited the Unterwaldens, stopped to see the lions.

From A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland by James Fenimore Cooper

Rudenz it was who with a gallant arm, And manly daring, took the keep at Sarnen.

From Wilhelm Tell by Friedrich Schiller

But in Sarnen the most unfriendly reception awaited the embassy of the Confederates.

From The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli by Johann Jakob Hottinger

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