Schaffhausen
Americannoun
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a canton in N Switzerland. 100 sq. mi. (259 sq. km).
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a city in and the capital of this canton, on the Rhine.
noun
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a small canton of N Switzerland. Pop: 73 900 (2002 est). Area: 298 sq km (115 sq miles)
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a town in N Switzerland, capital of Schaffhausen canton, on the Rhine. Pop: 33 628 (2000)
Example Sentences
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It is the first time two men have walked out of the civil registry in their town of Schaffhausen as husband and husband.
From Reuters • Jul. 1, 2022
From Stein am Rhein, you can take a boat down the Rhine to Schaffhausen, Switzerland, which is near Rheinfall, or the Rhine Falls.
From Washington Post • Jun. 24, 2022
"We beamed him from his office in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, to the event in Shanghai," says David Nussbaum, the boss of US holograms firm Portl.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2021
Schaffhausen is a city of about 36,000 people north of Zurich on the German border.
From Time • Jul. 24, 2017
Some were in all probability veritable dwarfs, like those whose skeletons have been found in Switzerland, near Schaffhausen.
From Ulster Folklore by Andrews, Elizabeth
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