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LAUSANNE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city in western Switzerland; cultural and commercial center
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Lausanne" is a part of...):
Schweiz; Suisse; Svizzera; Swiss Confederation; Switzerland (a landlocked federal republic in central Europe)
Context examples:
The last letter was from the Hôtel National at Lausanne.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
How would Lausanne do, my dear Watson—first-class tickets and all expenses paid on a princely scale?
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The last check but one paid her bill at Lausanne, but it was a large one and probably left her with cash in hand.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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