Lausanne

//loʊˈzæn// name

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  1. 1
    A municipality and city, the capital of Vaud canton, in western Switzerland, in which French is the main language.
  2. 2
    A district of the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. Capital: Lausanne

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"But researchers at EPFL — the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne — say using rice starch instead of sugar with the rehydration salts could reduce bacterial toxicity by almost 75 percent."

Etymology

From French Lausanne.

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