Sempach

American

[zem-pahkh] / ˈzɛm pɑx /

noun

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

Sempach British

/ ˈzɛmpax /

noun

a village in central Switzerland, in Lucerne canton on Lake Sempach : scene of the victory (1386) of the Swiss over the Hapsburgs

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He joked that he covered his eyes at a painting in the Swiss Guard’s headquarters of the 14th-century battles of Morgarten and Sempach, which helped bounce his family out of Switzerland.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2023

And in another Swiss folly, a German truck driver trying to deliver cargo to a factory in the town of Sempach found himself up a tree — literally.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2014

The Sempach burghers themselves had ordered the windows removed in 1814 to let more light into their hall.

From Time Magazine Archive

And why should she interpose, if Elsa desired to talk to the Countess von Sempach?

From The King's Mirror by Hope, Anthony

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

From The King's Mirror by Hope, Anthony

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