Sempach

American  

[zem-pahkh] / ˈzɛm pɑx /

noun

1. a village in central Switzerland: Austrians defeated by Swiss 1386.

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Sempach British  

/ ˈzɛmpax /

noun

1. a village in central Switzerland, in Lucerne canton on Lake Sempach : scene of the victory (1386) of the Swiss over the Hapsburgs

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Example Sentences

He joked that he covered his eyes at a painting in the Swiss Guard’s headquarters of the 14th-century battles of Morgarten and Sempach, which helped bounce his family out of Switzerland.

From New York Times

The numbers, reported in this week's issue of Science, are "stunning," says Silke Bauer, an ecologist at the Swiss Ornithological Institute in Sempach.

From Science Magazine

“These long-term flights confirm what everybody suspected for quite some time now,” says Felix Liechti of the Swiss Ornithological Institute in Sempach.

From Nature

And in another Swiss folly, a German truck driver trying to deliver cargo to a factory in the town of Sempach found himself up a tree — literally.

From Salon

They won their freedom by three great victories won against overwhelming odds at Morgarten, Sempach and Naefels.

From Project Gutenberg