Unterwalden

American  

[oon-tuhr-vahl-duhn] / ˈʊn tərˌvɑl dən /

noun

1. a canton in central Switzerland: divided into demicantons.

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Unterwalden British  

/ ˈʊntərˌvaldən /

noun

1. a canton of central Switzerland, on Lake Lucerne: consists of the demicantons of Nidwalden (east) and Obwalden (west). Capitals: (Nidwalden) Stans; (Obwalden) Sarnen. Pop: (Nidwalden) 38 900 (2002 est); (Obwalden) 33 000 (2002 est). Areas: (Nidwalden) 274 sq km (107 sq miles); (Obwalden) 492 sq km (192 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

Six hundred and fifty years before, representatives of the three "forest cantons" of Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden had gathered in the same glade to light a fire symbolizing their confederation against the house of Habsburg.

From Time Magazine Archive

This party turns out to consist of Arnold Biederman, the Landamman, or Chief Magistrate of the Canton of Unterwalden, and his sons, who reside upon a farm among the mountains.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 373, Supplementary Number by Various

In complaints against the abolition of their pilgrimages, the inhabitants of the Bernese Oberland joined with their neighbors of Unterwalden.

From The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli by Hottinger, Johann Jakob

Descendants of the patriot are still living in Unterwalden, where his family long held a very honorable position, and is well represented at the present day.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 by Various

In ancient times," so he writes, "Zurich and Bern united as confederates with the Four Forest Cantons, Luzern, Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden.

From The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli by Hottinger, Johann Jakob