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Sempach

[ German zem-pahkh ]

noun

  1. a village in central Switzerland: Austrians defeated by Swiss 1386.


Sempach

/ ˈzɛmpax /

noun

  1. a village in central Switzerland, in Lucerne canton on Lake Sempach : scene of the victory (1386) of the Swiss over the Hapsburgs
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Battle of Sempach, in the canton of Lucerne, which established the independence of Switzerland.

Sempach itself, like Sursee, is a picturesque old town, with another quaint old gateway.

Sempach, the third great victory won by the Confederates, shares with the less famous fight of Arbedo a peculiar interest.

Hammerfeldt was gone; Wetter remained; the Countess von Sempach remained.

Max von Sempach, on the other hand, would fill the place respectably, although not brilliantly.

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