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Zurich

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Zu·rich  (zrk)
A city of northeast Switzerland at the northern tip of the Lake of Zurich. Founded before Roman times, Zurich became a free imperial city after 1218 and joined the Swiss Confederation in 1351. In the 16th century it was a center of the Swiss Reformation under the leadership of Ulrich Zwingli. Today it is the largest city in the country. Zurich is known for its international banking and financial institutions. Population: 350,000.
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Noun1.ZurichZurich - the largest city in Switzerland; located in the northern part of the country; "Zurich is the center of the German-speaking part of Switzerland"
Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera, Swiss Confederation, Switzerland - a landlocked federal republic in central Europe


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Certain difficulties had been discovered in connection with those instructions, which had produced the necessity of once more writing to Zurich.
No Name by Collins, Wilkie View in context
From Zurich, which they did not like, they came to Geneva.
Under Western Eyes by Conrad, Joseph View in context
Oh, I went to Switzerland,--to Geneva and Zermatt and Zurich and all those places you know; and down to Venice, and all through Germany, and down the Rhine, and into Holland and Belgium--the regular round.
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