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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NIDWALDEN

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PRONUNCIATION OF NIDWALDEN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NIDWALDEN

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Nidwalden is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES NIDWALDEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Nidwalden

Nidwalden

Coordinates: 46°56′N 8°4′E / 46.933°N 8.067°E / 46.933; 8.067Coordinates: 46°56′N 8°4′E / 46.933°N 8.067°E / 46.933; 8.067 Capital Stans Subdivisions 11 municipalities Government • Executive Regierungsrat (7) • Legislative Landrat (60) Area • Total 275.9 km2 (106.5 sq mi) Population (12/2012) • Total 41,584 • Density 150/km2 (390/sq mi) ISO 3166 code CH-NW Highest point 2,901 m (9,518 ft) - Rotstöckli Lowest point 434 m (1,424 ft) - Lake Lucerne Joined 1291 Languages German Website NW.ch The Canton of Nidwalden (German: Nidwalden (help·info)) is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the centre of Switzerland. The population is 40,287 (in 2007) of which 4,046 (or 10%) are foreigners. The capital is Stans.

Definition of Nidwalden in the English dictionary

The definition of Nidwalden in the dictionary is a demicanton of Central Switzerland, on Lake Lucerne, that makes up the eastern part of the canton of Unterwalden.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NIDWALDEN

Niebuhr
niece
Niedersachsen
niellated
nielli
niellist
niello
Nielsen
Nielsen rating
Niemen
Niemeyer
Niepce
Niersteiner
Nietzsche
Nietzschean
Nietzscheanism
Nietzscheism

WORDS THAT END LIKE NIDWALDEN

beholden
Bolden
embolden
gilden
golden
gulden
gylden
holden
milden
Obwalden
olden
Selden
Tilden
unbeholden
Unterwalden
unwithholden
withholden

Synonyms and antonyms of Nidwalden in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Nidwalden» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NIDWALDEN

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

Translator English - Chinese

瓦尔登
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Nidwalden
570 millions of speakers

English

Nidwalden
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निडवाल्डेन
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

نيدوالدن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Nidwalden
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Nidwalden
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Nidwalden
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Nidwald
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nidwalden
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nidwalden
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ニトヴァルデン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

니트 발덴
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nidwalden
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Nidwalden
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிட்வால்டன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निडवाल्डेन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Nidwalden
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Nidvaldo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Nidwalden
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Nidwalden
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Nidwalden
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Νιντβάλντεν
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Nidwalden
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Nidwalden
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Nidwalden
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Nidwalden

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NIDWALDEN»

The term «Nidwalden» is regularly used and occupies the 60.603 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NIDWALDEN» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NIDWALDEN»

Discover the use of Nidwalden in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Nidwalden and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Adventure Guide to Switzerland
(NW). At. a. Glance. The half-canton of Nidwalden (“lower forest") is encompassed on the south and west sides by its sister half-canton of Obwalden ( “upper forest") in the middle of Switzerland. The northern side leans up against the shores of ...
Kimberly Rinker, 2006
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Amtliche Sammlung Der Ältern Eidgenössischen Abschiede
Nidwalden. 16. 25. 32. Luffi. Hans. Nidwalden. 6. 12. 145. 360. 472. 486. 495. 749. 761. Matt. Heinrich von. Nidwalden. 666. 673. 943. Viinti. 17.. Nidwalden. 942. 1120. Stulz (Stolz), Bartholomäus. Nidwalden. 73. 83. 159. 241. Winkelried.
‎1873
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Decision Making for Complex Socio-Technical Systems: ...
Even though the wealth of favourable results from surface investigations and from test drilling hardly suggests any surprises to be expected, the people of Nidwalden evidently expect an additional basis of decision making from the gallery ...
Thomas Flüeler, 2006
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Daniel Silva GABRIEL ALLON Novels 1-4
30 ZURICH 31 BARGEN, SWITZERLAND PART THREE 32 NIDWALDEN, SWITZERLAND 33 LONDON 34 ZURICH 35 CORSICA 36 VENICE 37 VENICE 38 VENICE 39 VENICE 40 ZURICH 41 MALLES VENOSTA, ITALY 42 MALLES ...
Daniel Silva, 2011
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Historical Dictionary of Switzerland
... as did the parishioners of Stans and Buochs in 1261. In 1291 Nidwalden's freemen identified themselves as the comitas hominum intramontarum vallis inferioris, that is, as a community of people between the mountains of the lower valley.
Leo Schelbert, 2014
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Models of Religious Freedom: Switzerland, the United States, ...
gaining ground.75 In the year 1850, two years after the introduction of the federal right to freedom of settlement and religion, the canton of Uri counted no more than 12, Nidwalden 28, and Schwyz 155 Protestant inhabitants.76 Today, in Uri,  ...
Marcel Stüssi, 2012
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Switzerland: past and present
In the history of the small central Swiss half-canton Nidwalden, 9th September 1 798 is a very important date This was the day when the people of Nidwalden fought heroically against the French occupying forces under General Schauenburg.
Franz auf der Maur, Markus Niederhauser, 1983
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Switzerland business & investment handbook: economy -- law ...
About Nidwalden Nidwalden is located close to Lucerne and about an hour's drive from Zurich and Basel. The Lake of Lucerne, the mountains of Nidwalden, stylish old villages and small towns all provide a high quality of life. The transport  ...
Christian Kalin, 2006
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The Evergreen
The Obwalden was surprised by the entrance of a French column, and forced to make a passive resistance ; and the beautiful Nidwalden only remained to resist the combined forces of France. And if it fell at last, the "victim of a power a ...
‎1840
10
B Useless ;-)
When I joined Salomon, we had our offices in the canton of Lucerne, which borders on the canton of Nidwalden. Nidwalden is a small canton in central Switzerland with a total population of about 40,000 people and charges its citizens one of ...
Walter Zibung, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NIDWALDEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Nidwalden is used in the context of the following news items.
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Justice Department Announces Three Banks Reach Resolutions …
... and registered cantonal bank in Switzerland owned by the canton of Nidwalden, Switzerland. Despite understanding that U.S. taxpayers had ... «eNews Park Forest, Jul 15»
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Lack of rain enflames forest fire dangers
The cantons of Bern, Fribourg, Neuchâtel, Nidwalden, Zug, Graubünden and Jura have also called on residents to be prudent about fire risks. «The Local.ch, Jul 15»
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Fürs Verbessern «bestraft»
«Nichtsdestotrotz ist der Regierungsrat der Meinung, dass der Kanton Nidwalden das Kantonsreferendum ergreifen sollte», betont er. «Basler Zeitung, Jul 15»
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Highlights of Künker GmbH eLive Auction 36
... a 3 Kreuzer piece of Maximilan von Bronckhorst from Batenburg, which is an imitation of an Uri, Schwyz and Nidwalden Groschen (Lot 279). «CoinWeek, Jul 15»
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Geberkantone müssen mehr zahlen
Die prozentual stärkste Zunahme ihrer Beiträge erfuhren Nidwalden und Schwyz: 31 Millionen (plus 10 Millionen) respektive 176 Millionen ... «Basler Zeitung, Jul 15»
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The Swiss school as a multilingual playground
Meanwhile, the latest canton to decide on the matter, Nidwalden, voted in March to keep French at primary-school level, rejecting an initiative ... «swissinfo.ch, Jul 15»
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Switzerland Flash Flooding
Though the extent of damage is yet to be quantified by local authorities, the cantons of Luzerne, Bern, Nidwalden and Zurich were affected and ... «Reactions, Jun 15»
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Swiss returns home to make 'gender-fluid' film
Halbedl was born in Lucerne and grew up on the Trübsee, a mountain lake in the canton of Nidwalden, where he recalls taking the cable car to ... «The Local.ch, May 15»
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Swiss tax changes affecting international companies
One canton, Nidwalden, has already introduced such a system, where net licencing income from the use of intangible assets such as software ... «Le News, May 15»
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Can Indian aviation industry think big?
... on its maiden flight on May 11, 2015, at 10.00 local time at regional airport in the town of Buochs in the Canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland. «Oneindia, May 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Nidwalden [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/nidwalden>. May 2024 ».
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