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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GLARUS

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PRONUNCIATION OF GLARUS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GLARUS

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Glarus is a noun.
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WHAT DOES GLARUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Glarus

Glarus

Glarus (German: ( listen); French: Glaris; Italian: Glarona; Romansh: Glaruna) is the capital of the canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Glarus municipality since 1 January 2011 incorporates the former municipalities of Ennenda, Netstal and Riedern. Glarus lies on the Linth River at the foot of the Glärnisch foothills in the Glarus Alps. Very few buildings built before the fire of 1861 remain. Wood, textile, and plastics, as well as printing, are the dominant industries. The symbol of the city is the neo-romanesque city church.

Definition of Glarus in the English dictionary

The definition of Glarus in the dictionary is an Alpine canton of E central Switzerland. Capital: Glarus. Pop: 38 400. Area 684 sq km. Other definition of Glarus is a town in E central Switzerland, the capital of Glarus canton. Pop: 5556.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GLARUS

Glaris
glary
Glaser
Glasgow

WORDS THAT END LIKE GLARUS

acarus
antivirus
Belarus
cantharus
chorus
cirrus
citrus
Cyprus
Cyrus
Horus
human immunodeficiency virus
Icarus
Lazarus
Pandarus
sarus
Tartarus
Taurus
thesaurus
varus
virus

Synonyms and antonyms of Glarus in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Glarus» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GLARUS

Find out the translation of Glarus to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Glarus from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Glarus» in English.

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格拉鲁斯
1,325 millions of speakers

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Glarus
570 millions of speakers

English

Glarus
510 millions of speakers

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Glarus
380 millions of speakers
ar

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جلاروس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Гларус
278 millions of speakers

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Glarus
270 millions of speakers

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glarus
260 millions of speakers

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Glaris
220 millions of speakers

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Glarus
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Glarus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

グラールス州
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

글 라루스
85 millions of speakers

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Glarus
85 millions of speakers
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Glarus
80 millions of speakers

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க்ளாரஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ग्लुर्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Glarus
70 millions of speakers

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Glarus
65 millions of speakers

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Glarus
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Гларус
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Glarus
30 millions of speakers
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Glarus
15 millions of speakers
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Glarus
14 millions of speakers
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Glarus
10 millions of speakers
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Glarus
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Glarus

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GLARUS»

The term «Glarus» is quite widely used and occupies the 43.517 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GLARUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Glarus

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GLARUS»

Discover the use of Glarus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Glarus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Swiss of New Glarus
For the first 42 years of its existence, New Glarus was without any kind of public transportation. In February 1887, several local businessmen traveled to Milwaukee to speak with the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway about extending ...
Kim D. Tschudy, 2007
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Switzerland
tectonic coLLisions Since mid-2008, the Sardona tectonic area, at the heart of the Glarus Alps that straddle the cantons of St Gallen, Glarus and Graubünden, has been a Unesco World Heritage Site. It takes in seven peaks above 3000m that ...
Nicola Williams, Damien Simonis, Kerry Walker, 2009
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Adventure Guide to Switzerland
Canton Glarus – in the east central portion of Switzerland – is approximately 424 square miles (1,102 square km) sandwiched in between the cantons of St. Gallen to the north and east, Schwyz to the west, and Uri and Graubünden to the south ...
Kimberly Rinker, 2006
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Worldview Flux: Perplexed Values Among Postmodern Peoples
It makes little difference that the earliest immigrants themselves would not recognize most of the expressive symbols used to emphasize New Glarus's Swissness — the chalet architecture, the cheese fondu, performances of "Heidi" — because ...
Jim Norwine, Jonathan M. Smith, 2000
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The Geology of Central Europe: Mesozoic and Cenozoic
Abbreviations: AF. axial trace of the frontal fold of the Adula Nappe; Av, Avers Bündnerschiefer Nappe; B. Bergell granitoids; BT. backthrust in the Molasse Basin; Ch, Chiavenna Ophiolite; FT. frontal thrust of the Alps; GT. Glarus Thrust; HN.
Tom McCann, 2008
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Wisconsin Folklore
37 The Swiss Colony at New Glarus (excerpt) John Luchsinger In 1845, Nicholas Duerst, a forty-eight-year-old judge, and Fridolin Streiff, twenty-eight and a blacksmith, left the Swiss community of Glarus in search of a site for "New Glarus"  ...
James P. Leary, 1999
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The Swiss Reformation
Terms were agreed which were favourable to the Graubunden and the evangelical cause; and the principal consequence of this little war was that the Reformation in the Graubunden and its southern Italian valleys was secured.26 Glarus In ...
Bruce Gordon, 2002
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Switzerland, the South of France, and the Pyrenees
The road, on leaving Lachen for Glarus, is interesting, winding among the picturesque hills that extend between the alps of Glarus and the lake of Zurich. Here I found the houses built entirely of wood ; the roofs tiled, with beams laid across, ...
Henry David Inglis, 1840
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Best Rail Trails Wisconsin: More Than 50 Rail Trails ...
Access and parking: To start at the north end, turn west off of WI 69 onto Wisconsin Highway 39 (Sixth Avenue) in New Glarus and make an immediate right onto Railroad Street and into the New Glarus Depot trailhead parking lot. At the south ...
Kevin Revolinski, 2009
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New Worlds to Seek: Pioneer Heinrich Lienhard in Switzerland ...
This system of democratic governance also prevailed immediately to the west of Glarus in the Forest Cantons, which controlled access to the Gotthard Pass, the shortest trade route from the north to Italy. Foreseeing that the Hapsburgs would ...
John Cushman Abbott, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GLARUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Glarus is used in the context of the following news items.
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Plain Talk: Now, move on to single-payer health care
A native of New Glarus, Wis., where he grew up on a farm, he serves on several non-profit boards and is a military veteran, having served on ... «Madison.com, Jul 15»
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Two students from Kerala drown in Swiss lakes
Rosh was drowned in Klontal lake in Glarus region while Bonnie met with his death in the Zurich Lake. Rosh was drowned while he was ... «onmanorama, Jul 15»
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Dibble, Lila (Kubly)
NEW GLARUS - Lila (Kubly) Dibble, age 96, passed away on Friday, July 3, 2015. He was born on July 29, 1918, on the family farm in New ... «Madison.com, Jul 15»
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New downtown bar opens despite Mayor's concerns
... Lodi, Middleton, Sun Prairie, Janesville, Beloit, Wisconsin Dells, Portage, Cottage Grove, Monona, Oregon, McFarland, New Glarus, Monroe and Sauk City. «WMSN Fox 47 Madison, Jul 15»
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Plain Talk: Don't dismiss the Swiss
A native of New Glarus, Wis., where he grew up on a farm, he serves on several non-profit boards and is a military veteran, having served on ... «Madison.com, Jul 15»
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A beer tour of Wisconsin's Driftless Region
It can define a community as it does in New Glarus. Or maybe beer saved it, as they claim in Potosi. Either way, touring Wisconsin breweries is a good excuse for ... «Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jul 15»
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Ale Asylum Russian Imp. Stout/Belgian Imp. Stout
New Glarus only charges $10 for R&D releases. Do you really think it's a good idea to price people out of your fan club? Lucular, 2 minutes ago. «BeerAdvocate.com, Jul 15»
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She said/she said: Happy hour at The Yard
... wine specials, and the local draft list is small (it does include staple selections from Lakefront, Milwaukee Brewing, New Glarus and Sprecher; ... «OnMilwaukee.com, Jul 15»
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Our Views: Motorcyclists, please have fun during Janesville rally, but …
A beer garden will be open on the grounds all three days, and one option for Thursday's ride is a tour of New Glarus Brewing. «Gazettextra, Jul 15»
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Tom Caulfield , collector who helped establish Ferrari Club of …
Mr. Caulfield also helped found a competition in which cars race a clock as they climb the hills of New Glarus, Wisconsin. Over the course of his ... «Chicago Sun-Times, Jul 15»

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