Definitions for Lausanne
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1. Lausannenoun

   a city in western Switzerland; cultural and commercial center

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1. Lausannenoun

   A city, and district in west Switzerland, where French is the main language.

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1. Lausanne

   Lausanne (, US also , French: [lɔzan], German: [loˈzan]; Arpitan: Losena [lɔˈzəna] (listen); Italian: Losanna; Romansh: Losanna) is the capital city and biggest town of the canton of Vaud in Romandy, Switzerland. It is situated on the shores of Lake Léman (French: le Léman or Lac Léman). It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura Mountains to its north-west. Lausanne is located 62 kilometres (38.5 miles) northeast of Geneva. The municipality of Lausanne has a population of about 140,000, making it the fourth largest city in Switzerland, with the entire agglomeration area having about 420,000 inhabitants (as of January 2019). The metropolitan area of Lausanne-Geneva (including Vevey-Montreux, Yverdon-les-Bains, Valais and foreign parts), commonly designated as Arc lemanique was over 1.3 million inhabitants in 2017 and is the fastest growing in Switzerland.Lausanne is a focus of international sport, hosting the International Olympic Committee (which has recognized the city as the "Olympic Capital" since 1994), the Court of Arbitration for Sport and some 55 international sport associations. It lies in a noted wine-growing region. The city has a 28-station metro system, making it the smallest city in the world to have a rapid transit system. Lausanne hosted the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.

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1. Lausanne

   Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva. It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west. Lausanne is located 62 km northeast of Geneva. Lausanne has a population of 129,383, making it the fourth largest city of the country, with the entire agglomeration area having 336,400 inhabitants. The Metropolitan Area of Lausanne-Geneva is over 1.2 million inhabitants. The headquarters of the International Olympic Committee are located in Lausanne – the IOC officially recognizes the city as the Olympic Capital – as are the headquarters of the Court of Arbitration for Sport. It lies in the middle of a wine-growing region. The city has a 28-station metro system, making it the smallest city in the world to have a rapid transit system.

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1. Lausanne

   a picturesque town on the slopes of the Jura, 1 m. from the N. shore of Lake Geneva, is the capital of the Swiss canton of Vaud; noted for its educational institutions and museums, and for its magnificent Protestant cathedral; it has little industry, but considerable trade, and is a favourite tourist resort; here took place the disputation between Calvin, Farel, and Viret, and here Gibbon wrote the "Decline and Fall."

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   The numerical value of Lausanne in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

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   The numerical value of Lausanne in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Lausanne in a Sentence

1. Lisel Hintz:

   The border World War I refers to -- the Turkish-Syria border -- was established in 1923 with the Treaty of Lausanne and the founding of the Republic of Turkey. The exception to this is the province of Hatay, which passed from Syrian to Turkish control following a referendum.

2. Athletics Kenya:

   The results of the analysis of the B sample which was conducted on 17th to 19th December 2014 at the WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency} accredited laboratory of Lausanne confirmed the finding of the A sample.

3. President Reuven Rivlin:

   We are sitting here in Jerusalem, but our thoughts are focused on what is happening in Lausanne. There is yet to be a clear picture of what is happening there, and reports are contradicting, but we are of course greatly concerned by the possibility that Iran would achieve nuclear capabilities, a nuclear Iran is not only a threat to Israel, naturally we are worried as they call from the podium of the United Nations for Israel's end. Despite this, I have no doubt that under the leadership of the American President, members of Congress and the Senate, it is possible to stop every evil in the world.

4. Lance Brauman:

   The plan right now is to run a 200 in Lausanne( July 5) and another 200 in Monaco( July 20).

5. Abbas Araqchi:

   We have to abide by the solutions and agreements that we reached in Lausanne, and we will only negotiate in that framework.

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