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Switzerland (German: die Schweiz, French: la Suisse, Italian: Svizzera and Romansh: Svizra), officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked Alpine country in Central Europe with a strong economy in finance and banking. Switzerland borders Germany to the north, France to the west, Italy to the south, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Historically a confederation, Switzerland has been a federation since 1848, and has a long and strong tradition of political and military neutrality. This background allows Switzerland various international co-operations and organisations. A male living in this country is said to be a Schweizer and a female is a Schweizerin in German; Suisse (male) or Suissesse (female) in Swiss French and svizzero (male) or svizzera (female) in Swiss Italian.
Confœderatio Helvetica, the country's official Latin name, means Helvetic Confederation. The use of Latin avoids having to favour one of the four national languages. The abbreviation (CH) is used for the same reason. The titles commonly used in French (Confédération suisse), Italian (Confederazione Svizzera) and Romansh (Confederaziun svizra) translate as "Swiss Confederation", while the German name of Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft translates literally as "Swiss Oath Fellowship" or "Swiss Commonwealth of the Covenant".
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Juniors try to avoid complaceny as they take on Swiss http://tinyurl.com/ycwsj68
ctvbc (CTV British Columbia) Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:04:37 -0000
Juniors try to avoid complaceny as they take on Swiss http://tinyurl.com/ycwsj68
Clever Swiss Windows 7 ads. Great sight gags for "everyday tasks made simpler and easier." http://bit.ly/6iGUFn
edbott (Ed Bott) Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:03:41 -0000
Clever Swiss Windows 7 ads. Great sight gags for "everyday tasks made simpler and easier." http://bit.ly/6iGUFn
Juniors try to avoid complaceny as they take on Swiss http://bit.ly/6ged5b
ctvbc_sports (CTV BC Sports) Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:03:35 -0000
Juniors try to avoid complaceny as they take on Swiss http://bit.ly/6ged5b
@irviandari sumpah ndar! gw pengen sklh di swiss! ada ga ya beasiswa nya huuuu
zetawitwicky (zeta witwicky) Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:03:22 -0000
@irviandari sumpah ndar! gw pengen sklh di swiss! ada ga ya beasiswa nya huuuu
RT @AdrianaV: Citrus salad and Swiss chard malfatti http://tiny.cc/umGQX
TMGastronaut (Jeremy Umansky) Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:03:03 -0000
RT @AdrianaV: Citrus salad and Swiss chard malfatti http://tiny.cc/umGQX
Welcome to Swiss Universities Handbook - Swiss Universities http://bit.ly/7Q0uda #education
montessoristuff (Nafisa Juzer) Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:03:00 -0000
Welcome to Swiss Universities Handbook - Swiss Universities http://bit.ly/7Q0uda #education
Association for the study of travellers in Switzerland - The transformations of the Swiss myth, from the Antiquity till today, through the testimony of the travellers who have come from the whole world. Montaigne answers to Erasmus, Rousseau converses with Voltaire, Goethe plays opposite Gibbon, Tolstoy was succeeded by Dostoyevski, Nietzsche and Hermann Hesse.
Athena: Swiss texts, by Pierre Perroud - Authors, works, portraits, map of Swiss languages, and Swiss Literature links.
Meta Description: [ Athena: swiss literature, history and philosophy ]
Swiss Literature - A description of literature in Switzerland's German, French, Italian and Romansh-speaking regions by the Swiss embassy in Washington DC.
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