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Basel definition

Ba·sel (bä′zəl)

  1. city in NW Switzerland, on the Rhine: pop. 180,000
  2. canton of NW Switzerland: c. 180 sq mi (466 sq km); pop. 424,000: divided into two politically independent half-cantons

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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