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Thun

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Thun  (tn), Lake of
A lake of central Switzerland southeast of Bern at the foot of the Bernese Alps.
Thun (German) [tuːn]
n
1. (Placename) a town in central Switzerland, in Bern canton on Lake Thun. Pop.: 36 700 (1990 est.)
2. (Placename) a lake in central Switzerland, formed by a widening of the Aar River. Length: about 17 km (11 miles). Width: 3 km (2 miles) German name Thuner See


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For two or three hours we jogged along the level road which skirts the beautiful lake of Thun, with a dim and dreamlike picture of watery expanses and spectral Alpine forms always before us, veiled in a mellowing mist.
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"He was a thun chap, thot mate-fellow, oz thun oz you an' me putt together," he remarked after a time, a slight twinkle in his eye of appreciation of the bull.
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