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St. Gallen

American  
[gah-luhn] / ˈgɑ lən /

noun

  1. a canton in NE Switzerland. 777 sq. mi. (2,010 sq. km).

  2. a city in and the capital of this canton.


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On leaving: Behrens Wu went straight from finishing an economics degree at St. Gallen to the M.B.A. program, but wasn’t sure what she wanted to do.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

Among the estimated 3,500 Welsh fans in St. Gallen were representatives of the Wales women's walking football squad.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2025

Tina Bürki and her team from Empa's Particles-Biology Interactions laboratory in St. Gallen are investigating how this protective mechanism copes with nanoparticles.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 6, 2024

The lawsuit was filed by the law firm Quinn Emanuel in the city of St. Gallen in eastern Switzerland on Wednesday, FT said.

From Reuters ● Apr. 21, 2023

Like most of the earlier monks of St. Gallen, he was a clever musician, equally skilful with the trumpet and the harp.

From Illuminated Manuscripts by John William Bradley

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