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

It is a little green slope on the side of the mountain, between the two Cantons of Uri and Unterwalden, surrounded on all sides by precipices.

From Views a-foot by Taylor, Bayard

The landvogt Kretz from Unterwalden met with the same treatment in the Rheinthal, but in this case without the aid of Zurich.

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

After the Revolutionary War in Switzerland, the Canton of Unterwalden was overrun with wretched children who seemed to belong to nobody.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

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