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  Zurich

  noun

  a canton in N Switzerland. 668 sq. mi. (1,730 sq. km).
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  Zürich

  noun

  a canton of NE Switzerland: mainly Protestant and German-speaking. Capital: Zürich. Pop: 342 500 (2002 est). Area: 1729 sq km (668 sq miles)

Zurich

American  

[zoor-ik] / ˈzʊər ɪk /

noun

1. a canton in N Switzerland. 668 sq. mi. (1,730 sq. km).

2. the capital of this canton, on the Lake of Zurich.

3. Lake of, a lake in N Switzerland. 25 miles (40 km) long; 34 sq. mi. (88 sq. km).

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Zürich British  

/ ˈtsyːrɪç, ˈzjʊərɪk /

noun

1. a canton of NE Switzerland: mainly Protestant and German-speaking. Capital: Zürich. Pop: 342 500 (2002 est). Area: 1729 sq km (668 sq miles)

2. a city in NE Switzerland, the capital of Zürich canton, on Lake Zürich: the largest city and industrial centre in Switzerland; centre of the Swiss Reformation; financial centre. Pop: 336 821 (1999 est)

3. a lake in N Switzerland, mostly in Zürich canton. Area: 89 sq km (34 sq miles)

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Zurich Cultural  

1. Largest city in Switzerland, situated in the northern part of the country.

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The country's commercial hub and the intellectual center of the German-speaking part of Switzerland, Zurich is known as a world banking center.

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The ETH Zurich researchers believe the technology could eventually be useful far beyond neutrino experiments and particle colliders.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026

Apart from phones and rentals, strategist Jim Reid notes Tokyo restaurants are cheaper than Warsaw and Prague, and a two-thirds cheaper than New York or Zurich.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

Of the five European sides, one - Zurich - folded without ever playing a game.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

Remote work makes employees happier by increasing productivity and making work more interesting, says Filippo Pusterla, lecturer in the department of management, technology and economics at ETH Zurich in Switzerland.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

If the authorities came after him in Zurich, he could probably make an escape before they arrived.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

"We are seeing what material is accreting to build the planet and moons," added main lead author Gabriele Cugno of the University of Zürich and member of the National Center of Competence in Research PlanetS.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2025

“It’s just this cute little project which became much bigger than we expected,” said Florian Kogelbauer, an author on the paper and a mechanical engineering professor at the public university ETH Zürich.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2024

The result reinforces the idea that most misinformation comes from a small group of people, says Sacha Altay, an experimental psychologist at the University of Zürich not involved with the work.

From Science Magazine ● May 29, 2024

Several years ago, Holekamp’s colleague Lily Johnson-Ulrich, a cognitive ecologist from the University of Zürich, drove into the city of Mekele in northern Ethiopia, where hyenas have lived alongside people for hundreds of years.

From National Geographic ● Feb. 8, 2024

Zürich Verlagsmagazin; a popular edition has also appeared in Berlin; also an English translation.

From Anarchism A Criticism and History of the Anarchist Theory by Zenker, Ernst Viktor