Lausanne

English

Lausanne

Etymology

From French Lausanne.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ləʊˈzæn/
(US) IPA^(key): /loʊˈzæn/

Proper noun

Lausanne

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
Italian: Losanna f
Latin: Lausanna f, Lausōna f, Lausōnium n, Lausodunum
Ottoman Turkish: لوزان (lozan)
Persian: لوزان (lozân)
Romansch: Losanna
Russian: Лоза́нна (ru) f (Lozánna)
Spanish: Lausana (es) f
Turkish: Lozan (tr)

French

Etymology

From the Roman name, Latin Lousonna or Lausōnium.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lo.zan/

Proper noun

Lausanne f

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

Lausanne

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [loˈzan]
(file)
Hyphenation: Lau‧sanne

Proper noun

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

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

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