Etymology

Sonderbund

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Today it means: The Swiss cantons of Lucerne, Fribourg, Valais, Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden, and Zug, all predominantly Catholic and governed by conservative administrations, and the subject of the Sonderbund War of 1847. Full definition →

German Sonderbund
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  1. German · borrowed fromSonderbund
  2. English todaySonderbund

From German Sonderbund (literally “special alliance”).

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