name
Meaning 1
A canton of Switzerland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: canton of Lucerne
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Standard Lemma guide
Lucerne
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /luːˈsɜːn/
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Meaning 2
The capital city of Lucerne canton, Switzerland.
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Meaning 3
A number of places in the United States (others are spelt Luzerne):
A census-designated place in Lake County, California.
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Meaning 4
A number of places in the United States (others are spelt Luzerne):
An unincorporated community in Weld County, Colorado, named for the plant lucerne.
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Meaning 5
A number of places in the United States (others are spelt Luzerne):
An unincorporated community in Harrison Township, Cass County, Indiana.
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Meaning 6
A number of places in the United States (others are spelt Luzerne):
A ghost town in Adell Township, Sheridan County, Kansas.
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Meaning 7
A number of places in the United States (others are spelt Luzerne):
A former settlement in Pittsfield Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan.
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Meaning 8
A number of places in the United States (others are spelt Luzerne):
A village in Putnam County, Missouri.
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Meaning 9
A number of places in the United States (others are spelt Luzerne):
A ghost town in Center Township, Columbiana County, Ohio.
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Meaning 10
A number of places in the United States (others are spelt Luzerne):
An unincorporated community in Knox County, Ohio.
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Meaning 11
A number of places in the United States (others are spelt Luzerne):
An unincorporated community in Chelan County, Washington.
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Meaning 12
A number of places in the United States (others are spelt Luzerne):
An unincorporated community in Gilmer County, West Virginia.
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Meaning 13
A number of places in the United States (others are spelt Luzerne):
A census-designated place in Hot Springs County, Wyoming.
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noun
Meaning 14
Alfalfa.
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Usage: archaic, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 15
important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: alfalfa, Medicago sativa
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Broader terms: medic, medick, trefoil
History
Etymology
From French Lucerne, known in Swiss German as Lozärn, from Medieval Latin Lucernense, Luciaria, Lucerna, of uncertain origin, but possibly from Latin lūcĭus (“pike”) with the suffix -ārĭa, as in "place with a large number of pike." Popular etymology associated it with lucerna (“lantern”), though both words are related to lux (“light”). Also compare Leodegar, Burgundian bishop of Autun.
Borrowed from French luzerne, from Occitan luzerno, of uncertain origin.
Across languages
Translations
78 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: Lucerna — canton
- Chinese Mandarin: 盧塞恩州 /卢塞恩州 (Lúsài'ēn Zhou) — canton
- French: Lucerne — canton
- Georgian: ლუცერნი (lucerni) — canton
- Georgian: ლუცერნის კანტონი (lucernis ḳanṭoni) — canton
- German: Luzern — canton
- Italian: Lucerna — canton
- Polish: Lucerna — canton
- Portuguese: Lucerna — canton
- Romansh: Lucerna — canton
- Russian: Лю́церн (Ljúcern) — canton
- Spanish: Lucerna — canton
- Ukrainian: Лю́церн (Ljúcern) — canton
- Albanian: Luzern — city
- Arabic: لوسرن (lūsirn) — city
- Arabic: لوسيرن (lūsērn) — city
- Arabic: لوزيرن (lūzērn) — city
- Arabic: لوتسيرن (lūtsērn) — city
- Armenian: Լյուցեռն (Lyucʻeṙn) — city
- Basque: Luzerna — city
- Belarusian: Люцэрн (Ljucern) — city
- Breton: Luzern — city
- Bulgarian: Люце́рн (Ljucérn) — city
- Catalan: Lucerna — city
- Chechen: Люце́рн (Ljucérn) — city
- Chinese Mandarin: 盧塞恩 /卢塞恩 (Lúsài'ēn) — city
- Chinese Mandarin: 琉森 (Liúsēn) — city
- Chuvash: Люце́рн (Ljutsérn) — city
- Czech: Lucern — city
- Dutch: Luzern — city
- Esperanto: Lucerno — city
- Finnish: Luzern — city
- French: Lucerne — city
- Galician: Lucerna — city
- Georgian: ლუცერნი (lucerni) — city
- German: Luzern — city
- German: Lozärn — city
- Greek: Λουκέρνη (Loukérni) — city
- Icelandic: Luzern — city
- Italian: Lucerna — city
- Japanese: ルツェルン (Rutserun) — city
- Kazakh: Люцерн (Lüsern) — city
- Korean: 루체른 (ruchereun) — city
- Latin: Lucerna — city
- Latin: Lucernae — city
- Latvian: Lucerna — city
- Limburgish: Luzern — city
- Lithuanian: Liucerna — city
- Lombard: Lüzerna — city
- Low German: Luzern — city
- Luxembourgish: Luzern — city
- Marathi: लुत्सर्न (lutsarna) — city
- Norwegian Bokmål: Luzern — city
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Luzern — city
- Occitan: Lucèrna — city
- Ossetian: Люцерн (Ljucern) — city
- Piedmontese: Luserna — city
- Polish: Lucerna — city
- Portuguese: Lucerna — city
- Romansh: Lucerna — city
- Russian: Люце́рн (Ljucérn) — city
- Serbo-Croatian: Луцерн — city
- Serbo-Croatian: Lucern — city
- Sicilian: Lucerna — city
- Silesian: Luzern — city
- Slovak: Luzern — city
- Slovene: Luzern — city
- Spanish: Lucerna — city
- Swedish: Luzern — city
- Tamil: லூசெர்ன் (lūcerṉ) — city
- Tatar: Люцерн (Lyütsern) — city
- Thai: ลูเซิร์น (loo sern) — city
- Tibetan: ལུ་ཛེར་ན། (lu dzer na) — city
- Ukrainian: Люце́рн (Ljucérn) — city
- Uzbek: Люцерн — city
- Uzbek: Luzern — city
- Venetan: Łuxerna — city
- Yiddish: לוצערן (lutsern) — city
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