Lausanne

English

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Lausanne

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Lausanne

Etymology

From French Lausanne.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ləʊˈzæn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /loʊˈzæn/
• Rhymes: -æn

Proper noun

Lausanne

2. A municipality and city, the capital of Vaud canton, in western Switzerland, in which French is the main language.

Translations

city

Arabic: Hijazi Arabic: لوزان f (lōzān) Armenian: Լոզան (hy) (Lozan) Bulgarian: Лоза́на f (Lozána) Catalan: Lausana f Franco-Provençal: Losena French: Lausanne (fr) f German: Lausanne (de) n Greek: Λωζάνη (el) f (Lozáni) Italian: Losanna f Latin: Lausanna f, Lausōna f, Lausōnium n, Lausodunum Ottoman Turkish: لوزان (lozan) Persian: لوزان (lozân) Polish: Lozanna (pl) f Romansch: Losanna Russian: Лоза́нна (ru) f (Lozánna) Spanish: Lausana (es) f Turkish: Lozan (tr)

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:

Lausanne

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Etymology

From the Roman name, Latin Lousonna or Lausōnium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lo.zan/

Proper noun

Lausanne f

1. Lausanne (a municipality and city, the capital of Vaud canton, in western Switzerland, in which French is the main language)

References

• Hubschmied, Johann Ulrich (1938) “Sprachliche Zeugen für das späte Aussterben des Gallischen”, in Vox Romanica‎ (in German), volume 3, →DOI, page 102 of 48–155
• Schuchardt, Hugo (1882) “V. Etymologisches. 1. Spanisch-portugiesische Etymologien”, in Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie (in German), volume 6, page 424

German

German Wikipedia has an article on:

Lausanne

Wikipedia ^de

Lausanne

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [loˈzan]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Lau‧sanne

Proper noun

Lausanne n (proper noun, genitive Lausannes or (optionally with an article) Lausanne)

1. Lausanne (a municipality and city, the capital of Vaud canton, in western Switzerland, in which French is the main language)

Further reading

• “Lausanne” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Lausanne” in Duden online
• “Lausanne” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon