Crossword clues for basel
basel
- Swiss Rhine River city
- Divided Swiss canton
- Switzerland city
- Swiss cultural city
- Roger Federer's birth city
- German-speaking Swiss city
- City in Switzerland
- Third-largest city of Switzerland
- Swiss city with suburbs in Germany and France
- Swiss city with French suburbs
- Swiss city less than two miles from both France and Germany
- Swiss city bordering Germany and France
- Swiss city bordering both France and Germany
- Swiss border city
- Site of Switzerland's oldest university
- Rhine River city
- City situated where France, Germany and Switzerland meet
- Art ___ (annual Swiss exhibition event)
- Swiss city on the Rhine
- City on the Rhine
- Home to many Swiss banks
- Euler's birthplace
- City where Erasmus taught
- Bernoulli family birthplace
- Swiss city that borders France and Germany
- A city in northwestern Switzerland
- Canton or city on the Rhine
- Rhine city
- Swiss river port
- Synod site: 15th century
- Swiss canton
- Erasmus lived here: 1521
- Swiss site of a 1431–1449 council
- City centre line
- Camp next to large Swiss city
- Swiss town
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
city in northwestern Switzerland, founded 44 C.E. as Robur (from Latin roburetum "oak grove"); renamed 374 as Basilia (from Greek basilea "royal") when it became the "royal" fortress of Valentinian I.
Wikipedia
Basel (also Basle ; ; ; ) is a city in northwestern Switzerland on the river Rhine. Situated at the Swiss-German-French tripoint, the Basel region culturally extends into German Baden-Württemberg and French Alsace. Basel was the seat of a Prince-Bishopric since the 11th century, and joined the Swiss Confederacy in 1501. Basel had been a commercial hub since the Renaissance, and it emerged as a centre for the chemical and pharmaceutical industry in the 20th century.
Basel is Switzerland's third-most-populous city (behind Zürich and Geneva) with about 195,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany. In 2014, the Basel agglomeration was the third largest in Switzerland with a population of 537,100 in 74 municipalities in Switzerland and an additional 53 in neighboring countries (municipal count as of 2000). The tri-national Basel metropolitan area has around 830,000 inhabitants in 226 municipalities.
The official language of Basel is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect.
Basel German belongs to the Low Alemannic group, linking it with Alsatian and Swabian dialects more closely than with the other varieties of Swiss German. Basel has been an important cultural centre since the Renaissance and the Age of Enlightenment. It has the oldest university of the Swiss Confederation (1460).
Basel is a city in Switzerland.
Basel may also refer to:
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Basel (canton), a historical Swiss canton, now divided into two half-cantons:
- Basel-Landschaft
- Basel-Stadt
- FC Basel, football (soccer) club based in Basel, Switzerland
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Basel
Usage examples of "basel".
The image of Basel Indoulur continued to beam down at her, unperturbed by her uncharacteristic spate of ill temper.
Tzigone had picked Basel for two reasons, only one of which she would admit.
It gave him a hidden blade to use against Basel Indoulur, should the need ever arise.
For several moments he and Basel managed to exchange formulaic pleasantries without once choking on them.
Of course, Procopio skirted the edges of propriety as well, but Basel could hardly point that out.
The diviner waved away the pudgy, beringed hand that Basel offered and rose unaided, clinging to the jasmine-cloaked trellis for support.
Since attacking a wizard was among the most serious crimes in the land, Basel would be hard pressed to come up with a punishment short of death or dismemberment.
Now Basel, despite his indulgent good humor, was obliged to take action.
For such a lighthearted soul, Basel carried an extraordinary amount of magical weaponry.
Tzigone heaved a sigh of profound relief and enfolded Basel in a quick hug.
On impulse, Tzigone decided that Basel was probably her best hope of learning about her mother.
I came straight out and asked Basel Indoulur if he knew anything about Keturah.
Perhaps she had taken an apprenticeship with Basel Indoulur to learn about his father.
Matteo reminded himself that Lord Basel was mayor of another city, where he no doubt indulged in the usual displays of pride and wealth.
Perhaps Basel had once believed this and learned that other vows lay deepest in his heart.