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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Another water attraction we loved in Schaffhausen is the Rhybadi, or Rhine River Bath, an enclosed pool constructed in the river that has been there for more than a century.
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
Police put the center of Schaffhausen into lockdown and launched a manhunt for the suspect they identified as 51-year-old Franz Wrousis.
From Reuters • Jul. 24, 2017
Schaffhausen is a city of about 36,000 people north of Zurich on the German border.
From Time • Jul. 24, 2017
The struggle came to an end in 1450, and so greatly to the disadvantage of the cities that the people of Schaffhausen annexed themselves and their territory to Switzerland.
From A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Taylor, Bayard
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