Fribourg

[ French free-boor ]

noun

1. a canton in W Switzerland. 644 sq. mi. (1,668 sq. km).
2. a town in and the capital of this canton.

Fribourg

/ fribur /

noun

1. a canton in W Switzerland. Capital: Fribourg. Pop: 242 700 (2002 est). Area: 1676 sq km (645 sq miles)
2. a town in W Switzerland, capital of Fribourg canton: university (1889). Pop: 35 547 (2000)

Example Sentences

"We are seeing now that ships are starting to anchor outside of the ports waiting to see what is going to happen," said Anne-Sophie Fribourg, a vice president at freight forwarding firm Zencargo, which organises shipments for exporters and importers.

From BBC

Researchers at ULiège have collaborated with the University of Fribourg in Switzerland to investigate whether the body is truly disconnected from the external world during sleep.

From Science Daily

The attack happened after a EuroCup women’s match where the Gdynia team defeated rivals from Switzerland, BCF Elfic Fribourg, 77-47.

From Seattle Times

Adria LeBeouf, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Fribourg who was not involved with the study, says the study convincingly shows the insects’ blood-brain barrier uses Jhe to control levels of juvenile hormone coming into the brain.

From Science Magazine

"One of the main points of our work was to include the entire gradient of adaptations from fully terrestrial to fully aquatic forms, and to test if these adaptations were irreversible," lead study author Bruna Farina, a doctoral student at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland, told Live Science.

From Scientific American