Schwyz

Etymology

From German Schwyz

Proper noun

Schwyz

1. A town in Switzerland, the capital of the canton of Schwyz.
2. A canton of Switzerland.

Etymology

From Old High German Suittes (attested 972), perhaps from the verb suedan "to burn", referring to a spot cleared by slash-and-burn. In the High Middle Ages recorded as Swiz or Switz, by the late 15th to early 16th century as Schwitz or Schwytz. The territory of Schwyz (the later canton) is recorded in Middle Latin as vallis de Switz "valley of Schwyz" from circa 1300 (Federal Charter).

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Proper noun

Schwyz ? (genitive Schwyz)

1. A town in Switzerland, the capital of the canton of Schwyz.
2. A canton of Switzerland.
3. (dialectal, Switzerland) Alternative form of Schweiz.