Lausanne

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French Lausanne. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ləʊˈzæn/ (US) IPA(key): /loʊˈzæn/ Rhymes: -æn === Proper noun === Lausanne A municipality and city, the capital of Vaud canton, in western Switzerland, in which French is the main language. A district of the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. Capital: Lausanne ==== Translations ==== == 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[1] (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 == === Alternative forms === Lausannen, Losannen (obsolete) === Etymology === From French Lausanne, from Latin Lousonna. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [loˈzan] 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[2] (in German) “Lausanne” in Duden online “Lausanne” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon