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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Unterwalden

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

Volunteers from the Five Cantons, Unterwalden especially, advanced in front.

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

Thus, the house of a certain M. Zoller, a lawyer and member of the Swiss Federal Council, a house at Stans, in Unterwalden, was made simply uninhabitable in 1860-1862.

From The Making of Religion by Lang, Andrew

It was preordained that the three lands of Uri, Schwiz, and Unterwalden should unite for protection of common interests against the encroachment of a common enemy—the ambitious house of Hapsburg.

From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland, part 2 by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)

They had certain intelligence that Unterwalden intended to escort her landvogt to Baden with an armed force.

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