Vaud

[ voh ]

noun

1. a canton in W Switzerland. 1,239 sq. mi. (3,210 sq. km). : Lausanne.

Vaud

/ vo /

noun

1. a canton of SW Switzerland: mountainous in the southeast; chief Swiss producer of wine. Capital: Lausanne. Pop: 632 000 (2002 est). Area: 3209 sq km (1240 sq miles) German nameWaadt

Example Sentences

Law and order are not to be lightly trifled with in Switzerland, least of all in the Canton de Vaud.

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Having mastered the Pays de Vaud, he governed with moderation.

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He extended his labours to the cantons of Neuchtel and Vaud.

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Bern had never been contented with the position in which it stood to Geneva after its conquest of the Pays de Vaud.

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Bern had conquered the greater part of the Pays de Vaud in the late war.

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