Switzerland

English

Etymology

Compound of Switzer +‎ -land, adopted in the 16th century from Early Modern German Schwytzerland "land of the Swiss".

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈswɪt.səl.ənd/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈswɪt.sɚ.lənd/
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Proper noun

Switzerland's location

Switzerland

A sovereign country in south central Europe. Official name: Swiss Confederation.

Synonyms

Swiss Confederation

Derived terms

Switzerland County

Related terms

Translations

sovereign country

Afrikaans: Switserland
Albanian: Zvicra (sq) f
Amharic: ስዊዘርላንድ (səwizärland)
Arabic: سْوِيسْرَا‎ f (swīsrā), سُوِيسْرَا‎ f (suwīsrā)
Armenian: Շվեյցարիա (hy) (Šveycʿaria)
Aromanian: Shwaitsã
Assamese: ছুইজাৰলেণ্ড (suizarolendo)
Asturian: Suiza (ast) f
Azerbaijani: İsveçrə (az)
Bashkir: Швейцария (Šveytsariya)
Basque: Suitza (eu)
Belarusian: Швейца́рыя f (Švjejcáryja)
Bengali: সুইজারল্যান্ড (suijarôljanḍ)
Breton: Suis, Bro-Suis
Bulgarian: Швейца́рия (bg) f (Švejcárija)
Burmese: ဆွစ်ဇာလန် (hcwacjalan)
Catalan: Suïssa (ca) f
Chechen: Швейцари (Šwejcari)
Cherokee: ᏍᏫᏣᎳᏂ (switsalani)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 瑞士 (seoi⁶ si⁶)

Mandarin: 瑞士 (zh) (Ruìshì)

Min Nan: 瑞士 (Sūi-sū, Sūi-se)
Chuvash: Швейцари (Švejtsari)
Czech: Švýcarsko (cs) n
Danish: Schweiz (da), Svejts (da)
Dhivehi: ސުވިޒަލޭންޑު‎ (suvizalēnḍu)
Dutch: Zwitserland (nl)
Dzongkha: སུའིཊ་ཛར་ལེན་ (su'iṭ dzar len)
Esperanto: Svislando (eo), Svisio, Svisujo (eo)
Estonian: Šveits (et)
Faroese: Sveis n
Finnish: Sveitsi (fi)
French: Suisse (fr)
Gagauz: Elveţiya
Galician: Suíza (gl) f
Georgian: შვეიცარია (šveicaria)
German: Schweiz (de) f
Alemannic German: Schwyz f, Schwiiz
Greek: Ελβετία (el) f (Elvetía)
Gujarati: સ્વિત્ઝરલેન્ડ (svitjharlenḍ)
Hausa: Suwizalan
Hawaiian: Kuikilani
Hebrew: שְׁוַיְץ / שְׁװַײץ‎ (he) f (šwá'itz / šváyitz)
Hindi: स्विट्ज़रलैण्ड (hi) (sviṭzarlaiṇḍ)
Hungarian: Svájc (hu)
Hunsrik: Schweiz f
Icelandic: Sviss (is) f
Ido: Suisia (io)
Indonesian: Swiss (id)
Interlingua: Suissa
Irish: An Eilvéis f, Cónaidhm na hEilvéise f
Italian: Svizzera (it) f
Japanese: スイス (ja) (Suisu), (obsolete) 瑞西 (ja)
Kannada: ಸ್ವಿಟ್ಜರ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ (sviṭjarlyāṇḍ)
Kazakh: Швейцария (Şveycarïya)
Khmer: ស្វីស (sviih)
Korean: 스위스 (Seuwiseu)
Kyrgyz: Швейцария (ky) (Şveytsariya)
Lao: ສະວິດເຊີແລນ (lo) (sa wit sœ̄ lǣn)
Latin: Helvētia f
Latvian: Šveice f
Lithuanian: Šveicarija (lt) f
Livonian: Šveits

Low German:
German Low German: Swiez (nds) f
Luxembourgish: Schwäiz (lb) f
Macedonian: Швајцарија (mk) f (Švajcarija)
Malagasy: Soisa
Malay: Switzerland
Malayalam: സ്വിറ്റ്സർലാന്റ് (sviṟṟsarlānṟŭ)
Maltese: Svizzera, l-Isvizzera
Manx: Yn Elveeish f
Maori: Witirana, Huiterangi
Marathi: स्वित्झर्लंड (svitjharlaṇḍ)
Mongolian: Швейцари (mn) (Švejtsari), Швецари (Švetsari)
Navajo: Swis bikéyah
Nepali: स्विट्जरल्यान्ड (swiṭjaralyānḍa)
Norman: Suisse f
Norwegian: Sveits (no)
Oriya: ସୁଇଜରଲ୍ୟାଣ୍ଡ (suijôrôlyaṇḍô)
Ossetian: Швейцари (Švejcari)
Pashto: سويس‎ (ps) m (swis)
Persian: سوئیس‎ (fa) (su'is), سویس‎ (fa) (suvis)
Polish: Szwajcaria (pl) f
Portuguese: Suíça (pt) f
Punjabi: ਸਵਿਟਜ਼ਰਲੈਂਡ (saviṭazaralaeṇḍ)
Romanian: Elveția (ro) f
Romansch: Svizra f
Russian: Швейца́рия (ru) f (Švejcárija)
Sanskrit: स्विट्झर्ल्याण्ड् (sviṭjharlyāṇḍ)
Saterland Frisian: Swaits
Scots: Swisserland
Scottish Gaelic: An Eilbheis f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Швајцарска f (Serbian), Швицарска f (Bosnian, Croatian)

Roman: Švajcarska f (Serbian), Švȉcarskā (sh) f (Bosnian, Croatian)
Sicilian: Svìzzira f
Silesian: Szwajcaryjo f
Sinhalese: ස්විට්සර්ලන්තය (sviṭsarlantaya)
Slovak: Švajčiarsko (sk) n
Slovene: Švíca (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Šwicarska f, Šwicojska f
Spanish: Suiza (es) f
Swahili: Uswisi (sw)
Swedish: Schweiz (sv)
Tagalog: Suwisa
Tajik: Швейтсария (tg) (Šveytsariya)
Tamil: சுவிட்சர்லாந்து (cuviṭcarlāntu)
Tatar: Швейцария (Şweytsariya)
Telugu: స్విట్జర్లాండ్ (sviṭjarlāṇḍ)
Thai: สวิตเซอร์แลนด์ (th) (sà-wít-səə-lɛɛn)
Tibetan: སུད་སི (sud si)
Turkish: İsviçre (tr)
Turkmen: Şweýsariýa
Ukrainian: Швейца́рія (uk) f (Švejcárija)
Urdu: سویٹزرلینڈ‎ (sviṭzarlaiṇḍ)
Uyghur: شۋېتسارىيە‎ (shwëtsariye)
Uzbek: Shveysariya (uz)
Vietnamese: Thụy Sĩ (vi) (瑞士)
Volapük: Jveizän (vo)
Welsh: Swistir (cy) m
West Frisian: Switserlân (fy)
Yiddish: שווייץ‎ f (shveyts)
Yoruba: Switiṣilandi
Zhuang: Nyeiqswq

Noun

Switzerland (uncountable)

(figuratively) A neutral party in a dispute; one who does not take sides.
I’m not getting involved in this argument. I’m Switzerland.