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Winterthur

American  
[vin-ter-toor, vin-tuhr-toor] / ˈvɪn tərˌtʊər, ˈvɪn tərˌtur /

noun

  1. a city in Zurich canton, in N Switzerland, NE of Zurich.


Winterthur British  
/ ˈvɪntərtuːr /

noun

  1. an industrial town in NE central Switzerland, in Zürich canton: has the largest technical college in the country. Pop: 90 483 (2000)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Zurich cantonal police force said it was cooperating with Winterthur municipal police, the Swiss Federal Railways' transport police, and hospital, ambulance and rescue services in the operation.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

The initiative is run by researchers from the University of Delaware in collaboration with Delaware's Winterthur Museum.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2024

Though he kept rents low as a landlord, many of his properties were so neglected that officials in his home city, Winterthur, were forced to take action.

From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2023

The group divests Winterthur to French insurer AXA.

From Reuters • Oct. 27, 2022

In 1903 the town forest of Winterthur, Switzerland, brought net receipts of $11.69 an acre.

From Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest Protecting Existing Forests and Growing New Ones, from the Standpoint of the Public and That of the Lumberman, with an Outline of Technical Methods by Allen, Edward Tyson

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