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Lausanne
(lō zan′)
city in W Switzerland, on Lake Geneva: pop. 123,000
See Lausanne in American Heritage Dictionary 4
A city of western Switzerland on the northern shore of Lake Geneva. Originally a Celtic settlement, Lausanne became a center of Calvinism after the 1530s and was home to Voltaire, Gibbon, and Rousseau in the 18th century. Population: 118,000.
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