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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of western Switzerland on the northern shore of Lake Geneva. Originally a Celtic settlement, Lausanne became a center of Calvinism after the 1530s and was home to Voltaire, Gibbon, and Rousseau in the 1700s.
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- proper noun A city, and district in west
Switzerland , whereFrench is the main language.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a city in western Switzerland; cultural and commercial center
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