Svislando

Esperanto

Etymology

From sviso (“Swiss person”) +‎ lando (“land”), calque of English Switzerland.

Corresponds with several other West Germanic languages, including Afrikaans Switserland, Dutch Zwitserland, Scots Swisserland, West Frisian Switserlân, as well as a number of non-European languages, including Bengali সুইজারল্যান্ড (śuijarolênḍ), Hindi स्विट्ज़रलैण्ड (sviṭzarlaiṇḍ), Malay Switzerland, Thai สวิตเซอร์แลนด์ (sà-wít-səə-lɛɛn).

Svislando

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [svisˈlando]
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  • Rhymes: -ando
  • Hyphenation: Svis‧lan‧do

Proper noun

Svislando (accusative Svislandon)

  1. Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)
    Synonyms: Svisio, Svisujo, Helvetio
    Meronym: Berno

See also
Germanio
Francio        Aŭstrio
  Liĥtenŝtejno
  Aŭstrio
Italio
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