Thun

[ toon ]

noun

a city in central Switzerland, on the Aar River, near the Lake of Thun.
Lake of. German Thuner See. a lake in central Switzerland, formed by a widening in the course of the Aar River. 10 miles (16 km) long.

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How to use Thun in a sentence

Weder sicher noch gerathen ist, etwas wider Gewissen zu Thun.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources | James Wood
Half-King was dead, and White Thun-der reigned in his stead.
The Life of George Washington | Josephine Pollard
To these combined glaciers the formation of the terminal moraine of Thun must be ascribed.
The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 13, No. 76, February, 1864 | Various
“The only way for a fat perthon to reform ith to run all day in the hot Thun,” answered Tommy.
The Meadow-Brook Girls on the Tennis Courts | Janet Aldridge
Thun′der-struck, struck by lightning: astonished: struck dumb; Thun′dery, indicative of thunder, or attended by it.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) | Various

British Dictionary definitions for Thun

Thun

/ (German tuːn) /

noun

a town in central Switzerland, in Bern canton on Lake Thun. Pop: 40 377 (2000)
a lake in central Switzerland, formed by a widening of the Aar River. Length: about 17 km (11 miles). Width: 3 km (2 miles): German name: Thuner See

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