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.

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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)

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Example Sentences

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

A reorganisation turns CS Holding into Credit Suisse Group and drops the SKA name; it also buys insurer Winterthur, a strategic partner.

From Reuters • Oct. 27, 2022

According to historian Frederick C. Moffatt, writing in the Winterthur Portfolio, about half the roughly 40 cities Cogswell approached agreed to take his fountains.

From Washington Post • Aug. 27, 2022

I had to play it at Berlin, Leipzig, Bucharest, Prague, and Winterthur.

From An Autobiography by Stravinsky, Igor