Bern

or Berne

[ burn; German bern ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
2. a canton in W Switzerland. 2,658 sq. mi. (6,885 sq. km). : Bern.

Bern

/ bɜːn; bɛrn /

noun

1. the capital of Switzerland, in the W part, on the Aar River: entered the Swiss confederation in 1353 and became the capital in 1848. Pop: 122 700 (2002 est)
2. a canton of Switzerland, between the French frontier and the Bernese Alps. Capital: Bern. Pop: 950 200 (2002 est). Area: 6884 sq km (2658 sq miles)

Example Sentences

Mitchell turned to his bench - which he has nicknamed 'the super eight' - to seal the win against Canada and Bern delivered, with flanker Morwenna Talling also impressing after coming on for captain Marlie Packer.

From BBC

How far that energy can carry them in the Champions League is hard to gauge in Bern tonight, but after the next game, against Bayern Munich in two weeks’ time, we’ll know more.

From BBC

Nancy Berns, a professor at Drake University, has done a lot of great work on closure and how it’s a social construct.

From Los Angeles Times

Researchers at the University of Bern have for the first time been able to pin down a prehistoric settlement of early farmers in northern Greece dating back more than 7,000 years to the year.

From Science Daily

Sabina Raducan, a planetary scientist at the University of Bern in Switzerland, cautioned, though, that care must be taken if kinetic impactors ever need to be used on smaller rubble piles.

From Salon