Basel-Stadt

[ bah-zuhl-shtaht ]

noun

1. a demicanton in N Switzerland: virtually coextensive with the city of Basel. 14 sq. mi. (36 sq. km). : Basel.

Example Sentences

The Canton of Basel-Stadt, the administrative region that is home to the city of Basel, is currently M.C.H.’s largest shareholder, at 33.5 percent, and other Swiss regions own smaller percentages.

From New York Times

In May, the authorities in the canton of Basel-Landschaft — which is next to the canton of Basel-Stadt, where the swimming case occurred — ruled that two Syrian immigrant brothers, who studied at a public school in the small town of Therwil, could not refuse to shake their teacher’s hand on religious grounds.

From New York Times

“The initiative would be a boomerang for Switzerland,” said Marcel Schweizer, president of Gewerbeverband Basel-Stadt, a trade association in Basel representing small and midsize businesses.

From New York Times

Lucerne prohibits the public advertising of inferior goods by means of a false description, Basel-Stadt gives the police the power of censoring all advertisements.

From Project Gutenberg