Zurich

[zoor-ik]

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).

Zürich

/ 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)

Zurich

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

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

Example Sentences

Investors welcomed the set of result, pushing Richemont's share price up by nearly eight percent to 174 Swiss francs in early Friday business on the Zurich stock exchange.

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OpenAI has also been expanding aggressively in Europe, with offices in Zurich, Dublin, London, Paris, Munich and Brussels.

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Researchers at ETH Zurich have now developed a way to overcome that limitation.

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The company's shares shot up more than eight percent in morning trading, helping to make the overall Zurich stock market the best performing in Europe.

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A group of three geophysicists from ETH Zurich and SUSTech, China, set out to answer this question in a study published in Nature.

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