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

On my visit, I caught the Unterwalden, a 113-year-old ferry that seemed like a cross between a Mississippi River steamboat and a luxury ocean liner.

From Seattle Times

The country is beautiful beyond all conception; and though the weather is again odious,—rain and storms the whole day, and all through 261 the night,—yet the Tellen Platte, the Gr�tli, Brunnen and Schwytz, and the dazzling green of the meadows this evening in Unterwalden, are too lovely ever to be forgotten.

From Project Gutenberg

Moreover the road is attended with as few difficulties as if you were traversing a large garden; the declivities are clothed with tall slender beeches; the stones overgrown by moss and herbs; then there are springs, brooks, small lakes, and houses: on one side is a view of the Unterwalden and its green plains; and shortly after a view of the whole vale of Hasli, the snowy mountains, and cataracts leaping down from rocky precipices; the road too is shaded the whole way by enormous trees.

From Project Gutenberg

As it contained nothing but good tidings, I immediately arranged a tour of three days to Unterwalden and the Br�nig.

From Project Gutenberg

The green of the Unterwalden is more brilliant than in any other canton, and it is celebrated for its meadows 266 even among the Swiss.

From Project Gutenberg