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  • proper noun A canton of Switzerland
  • proper noun A city in Switzerland, the capital of the canton of Schaffhausen

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Examples

  • IWC Schaffhausen's Portuguese Hand-wound 5454 dips into the company archives to revive an old line—super-precision pocket watch-style wristwatches originally launched 70 years ago.

    Time Warp Mark Rozzo 2011

  • Tyco, based in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, makes fire-prevention products and security components.

    Schneider Backs Away From Tyco Deal Joann S. Lublin 2011

  • Tyco, based in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, makes fire prevention products, security components and is owner of ADT, the largest security systems company.

    Tyco Gets Takeover Offer of $30 Billion Joann S. Lublin 2011

  • IWC Schaffhausen has produced only a hand full of women's watches but the brand's unabashedly masculine output has been seen on female wrists lately, including those of Cate Blanchett and Elle Macpherson.

    An Icon That Withstands the Test of Time Michael Clerizo 2011

  • In 2004, the canton of Schaffhausen lowered taxes to induce high-income earners to move to it.

    Cuckoo for Switzerland « Isegoria 2008

  • Traveling from Zurich to Schaffhausen, Switzerland, in October 1913, Jung was roused by a troubling vision of "European-wide destruction."

    Jung Confronts His Demons 2010

  • Tyco International is a provider of security products and services, fire protection and other industrial products, headquartered in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.

    Tyco to Join S 2010

  • In 2004, the canton of Schaffhausen lowered taxes to induce high-income earners to move to it.

    March « 2008 « Isegoria 2008

  • Schaffhausen – Mittwoch, 10 Juni 2009, 20 Uhr in der Thalia-Buchhandlung, Vordergasse 77.

    2009 Mai « Memesis Virtualis 2009

  • Schaffhausen, or if you lay below an axe, which a thread of silk alone kept back from the fall.

    Anne of Geierstein 2008

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