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(Encyclopedia) Rhaeto-Romanic rēˈtō-rōmănˈĭk [key], generic name for several related dialects of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Romance languages). The...

(Encyclopedia) Saint Bernard, two Alpine passes, both used since antiquity. The Great Saint Bernard (alt. 8,110 ft/2,472 m), on the Italian-Swiss border, links Valais canton, Switzerland, with Valle d'Aosta, Italy. ...

(Encyclopedia) Einsiedeln īnˈzēˌdəln [key], town, Schwyz canton, E central Switzerland. Einsiedeln is the most ...

(Encyclopedia) Léman, Lac: see Geneva, Lake, Switzerland. ...

(Encyclopedia) Wallensee: see Wallenstadt, Lake of, Switzerland. ...

(Encyclopedia) Walensee, lake, Switzerland: see Wallenstadt, Lake of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Rhoden, Ausser and Inner: see Appenzell, Switzerland. ...

(Encyclopedia) Basel-Land and Basel-Stadt: see Basel, Switzerland. ...

(Encyclopedia) Petitot, Jean lwēˈ [key], 1653–c.1730, was in the service of Charles II of England. Specimens of his work are preserved in the Victoria and Albert Museum. ...

(Encyclopedia) Aare är [key], longest river entirely in Switzerland, 183 mi (295 km) long, rising in the Bernese Alps and fed by several glaciers. The upper Aare emerges from dam-impounded Grimsel Lake and flows ge...