St. Gallen

English

canton of St. Gallen (sense 1)

Alternative forms

• St Gallen
• Saint Gallen (rare)

Etymology

From Latin Gallus (“Gallic; Gaul”).

Proper noun

St. Gallen

1. A canton of Switzerland.

   Synonym: canton of St. Gallen

2. The capital city of St. Gallen canton, Switzerland.

Synonyms

• Saint Gall (historical), St. Gall

Derived terms

• Gallish

Translations

canton

• French: Saint-Gall (fr)
• German: St. Gallen (de), Sankt Gallen (de)

  Alemannic German: Sanggale

• Italian: San Gallo
• Portuguese: São Galo
• Romansch: Son Gagl m

city

• French: Saint-Gall (fr)
• German: St. Gallen (de), Sankt Gallen (de)

  Alemannic German: Sanggale

• Italian: Sankt Gallen
• Romansch: Son Gagl m

See also

cantons of Switzerlandedit

• Aargau
• Appenzell Inner Rhodes
• Appenzell Outer Rhodes
• Basel-Landschaft
• Basel-Stadt
• Bern
• Fribourg
• Geneva
• Glarus
• Grisons
• Jura
• Lucerne
• Neuchâtel
• Nidwalden
• Obwalden
• Schaffhausen
• Schwyz
• Solothurn
• St. Gallen
• Thurgau
• Ticino
• Uri
• Valais
• Vaud
• Zug
• Zurich

German

Kanton St. Gallen (sense 1)

Alternative forms

• SG (canton; ISO 3166-2:CH)
• Sankt Gallen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zaŋkt ˈɡalən]

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Proper noun

St. Gallen n (proper noun, genitive St. Gallens or (optionally with an article) St. Gallen)

1. St Gallen (a canton of Switzerland)

   Synonym: Kanton St. Gallen

2. St. Gallen (the capital city of St. Gallen canton, Switzerland)

See also

cantons of Switzerland: Kantone der Schweizedit

• Aargau
• Appenzell Ausserrhoden
• Appenzell Innerrhoden
• Basel-Landschaft
• Basel-Stadt
• Bern
• Freiburg
• Genf
• Glarus
• Graubünden
• Jura
• Luzern
• Neuenburg
• Nidwalden
• Obwalden
• Schaffhausen
• Schwyz
• Solothurn
• St. Gallen
• Tessin
• Thurgau
• Uri
• Waadt
• Wallis
• Zug
• Zürich

Further reading

• “St. Gallen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Sankt Gallen” in Duden online
• “St. Gallen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon