Flüelen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A municipality in Uri canton, Switzerland.

Word forms

Flüelen

Etymology

From Alemannic German, first mentioned as Middle High German Vluolon, formed from vluo (“steep cliff, rock”), from Old High German fluoh (“rock face”), related to flah (“shallow”), from Proto-West Germanic *flak, from Proto-Germanic *flakaz (“flat”).

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