Meanings
proper noun
- A mountain resort and municipality in Grisons, Switzerland, host of the World Economic Forum.
- metonymicallyAn annual meeting of business leaders, major politicians, economists, and other celebrities hosted by the World Economic Forum in the town of Davos, Switzerland at the end of January.
“Don’t help elect Trump, you egotistical billionaire a**hole,” the protester yelled. “Go back to getting ratioed on Twitter. Go back to Davos with the other billionaire elites who think they know how to run the world. That’s not what democracy is.”
2019 January 29, Veronica Stracqualursi, “Former Starbucks CEO heckled at book event for weighing independent run: ‘Don’t help elect Trump!’”, in CNN, archived from the original on 19 Oct 2022
Origin
- GermanDavos
- EnglishDavos
Borrowed from German Davos.
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Arabic دافوس
- دافوسmountain resort in Switzerland
Bengali দাভোস
- দাভোস (dabhōs)mountain resort in Switzerland
Chinese Mandarin 達沃斯 /达沃斯
- 達沃斯 /达沃斯 (Dáwòsī)mountain resort in Switzerland
French Davos, forum de Davos
- Davosmountain resort in Switzerland
- forum de Davosannual meeting hosted by the World Economic Forum
German Davos
- Davosmountain resort in Switzerland
Greek Νταβός
- Νταβός (Ntavós)mountain resort in Switzerland
Hebrew דאבוס
- דאבוסmountain resort in Switzerland
Hindi दावोस
- दावोस (dāvos)mountain resort in Switzerland
Italian Davos, Tavate
- Davosmountain resort in Switzerland
- Tavatemountain resort in Switzerland
- forum di Davosannual meeting hosted by the World Economic Forum
Japanese ダボス
- ダボス (Dabosu)mountain resort in Switzerland
Korean 다보스
- 다보스 (daboseu)mountain resort in Switzerland
Persian داووس
- داووسmountain resort in Switzerland
Russian Даво́с
- Даво́с (Davós)mountain resort in Switzerland
Spanish Davos, foro de Davos
- Davosmountain resort in Switzerland
- foro de Davosannual meeting hosted by the World Economic Forum
Tamil டாவோஸ்
- டாவோஸ் (ṭāvōs)mountain resort in Switzerland
Thai ดาวอส
- ดาวอสmountain resort in Switzerland
Cite this entry
APA
Davos. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Davos
MLA
“Davos.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Davos. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Davos,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Davos.
Source: Davos on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.