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Rigi

American  
[ree-gee] / ˈri gi /

noun

  1. a mountain in central Switzerland, near the Lake of Lucerne. 5,906 feet (1,800 meters).


Rigi British  
/ ˈriːɡɪ /

noun

  1. a mountain in the Alps of N central Switzerland, between Lakes Lucerne, Zug, and Lauerz

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The video drew almost 8,300 views, and Rigi ran for student government president in 2021.

From Salon • Jun. 29, 2022

A temporary bar has just been placed on Turner’s watercolour The Dark Rigi, the Lake of Lucerne, valued at £10m.

From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2019

The Blue Rigi, Sunrise was described by then Tate director Sir Nicholas Serota as a "truly extraordinary work of ineffable beauty".

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2016

Baedeker was already able to state, in that early guide to Switzerland, that places like the Rigi, the Brünig and the Scheideck were on ‘‘beaten tracks.’’

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2015

And up to the time of the arrival of the latest train came pilgrims from every quarter, also bent on seeing the sunset from the Rigi Kulm.

From One Year Abroad by Howard, Blanche Willis