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Schweiz

British  
/ ʃvaits /

noun

  1. the German name for Switzerland

"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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Both sides were expected sign the deal on Friday in the Swiss resort of Bürgenstock, Switzerland's Foreign Ministry told the Schweiz Heute newspaper.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

"This does not fit with a strictly neutral Switzerland," said Werner Gartenmann of the lobby group Pro Schweiz.

From Reuters Jul. 5, 2023

Practically speaking, the SNB’s shortfall doesn’t affect the SNB’s ability to conduct monetary policy, said Alexander Koch, economist at Raiffeisen Schweiz in Zurich.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 8, 2016

"We do not believe that it is our role to interfere in the politics of FIFA," Switzerland's Schweiz am Sonntag newspaper quoted chairman Jean-Claude Biver as saying.

From Reuters Oct. 4, 2015

His Unpolitische Lieder, Deutsche Lieder aus der Schweiz and Streiflichter are not without poetical value, but they are mainly interesting in relation to the movements of the age in which they were written.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various

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