Zurich
noun
a canton in N Switzerland. 668 sq. mi. (1,730 sq. km).
Zurich
American
[zoor-ik]
/ ˈzʊər ɪk /
noun
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a canton in N Switzerland. 668 sq. mi. (1,730 sq. km).
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the capital of this canton, on the Lake of Zurich.
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Lake of, a lake in N Switzerland. 25 miles (40 km) long; 34 sq. mi. (88 sq. km).
Zürich
British
/ ˈtsyːrɪç, ˈzjʊərɪk /
noun
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a canton of NE Switzerland: mainly Protestant and German-speaking. Capital: Zürich. Pop: 342 500 (2002 est). Area: 1729 sq km (668 sq miles)
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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)
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a lake in N Switzerland, mostly in Zürich canton. Area: 89 sq km (34 sq miles)
Zurich
Cultural
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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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On the way to Zurich, David stops in London to visit his daughter and grandson.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Thursday's meet in Zurich is the penultimate Diamond League event of the season, with the final to take place in Brussels over two days on Friday 4 and Saturday 5 September.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Quitterer, Professor of Molecular Pharmacology at ETH Zurich, has so far tested the experimental treatment in mice.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
Quitterer and ETH Zurich are now searching for a company interested in helping move the compound toward the next stages of drug development.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
If the authorities came after him in Zurich, he could probably make an escape before they arrived.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
“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
In 2020, bioinformatician André Kahles, computer scientist Gunnar Rätsch, both at ETH Zürich, and their colleagues presented an early version of MetaGraph.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 5, 2024
To step inside the elaborate staging, which originated at the Schauspielhaus Zürich, in Switzerland, was to plunge headlong into a lovingly prepared yet scrappy version of Tolkien’s fantasy world.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2024
The database helped Wuepper answer a question that had been on his mind for some time: in a previous research project at ETH Zürich, he had studied what impact countries have on soil erosion.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 22, 2024
In Elberfeld I got twenty-five, and a year ago in Zürich I even drew sixty.
From The Goose Man by Allen Wilson Porterfield
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