St. Gallen
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- St Gallen
- Saint Gallen (rare)
Etymology edit
From Latin Gallus (“Gallic; Gaul”).
Proper noun edit
- A canton of Switzerland.
- Synonym: canton of St. Gallen
- The capital city of St. Gallen canton, Switzerland.
Synonyms edit
- Saint Gall (historical), St. Gall
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
canton
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city
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See also edit
- (cantons of Switzerland) Appenzell Inner Rhodes, Appenzell Outer Rhodes, Aargau, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Fribourg, Geneva, Glarus, Grisons, Jura, Lucerne, Neuchâtel, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, St. Gallen, Thurgau, Ticino, Uri, Vaud, Valais, Zug, Zurich (Category: en:Cantons of Switzerland)
German edit
Alternative forms edit
- SG (canton; ISO 3166-2:CH)
- Sankt Gallen
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
St. Gallen n (proper noun, genitive St. Gallens or (optionally with an article) St. Gallen)
- St Gallen (a canton of Switzerland)
- Synonym: Kanton St. Gallen
- St. Gallen (the capital city of St. Gallen canton, Switzerland)
See also edit
- (cantons of Switzerland) Schweizer Kantone; Aargau, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Freiburg, Genf, Glarus, Graubünden, Jura, Luzern, Neuenburg, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, St. Gallen, Tessin, Thurgau, Uri, Waadt, Wallis, Zug, Zürich (Category: de:Cantons of Switzerland)
Further reading edit
- “St. Gallen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Sankt Gallen” in Duden online
- “St. Gallen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon