Crossword clues for bern
bern
- "Feel the ___" (campaign slogan)
- Capital northwest of Rome
- Capital near Zurich
- Capital city of Europe
- "Feel the ___" (Sanders slogan)
- Where the Swiss Federal Assembly meets
- Where Einstein developed special relativity
- Swiss city where Einstein theorized relativity
- Swiss chocolate mecca
- Swiss Alpine Museum city
- Site of the Swiss Bundeshaus
- Second-most populous Swiss canton, after Zurich
- President Ueli Maurer's capital
- North Carolina city New __, which began as a Swiss settlement
- Neutral capital
- Lofty city
- Hot-sounding European capital
- Home of the Bundeshaus parliament
- German name for Swiss capital
- Einsteinhaus locale
- Einstein home, circa 1904
- City with a Paul Klee museum
- City where Einstein was a patent examiner
- City served by the Aare
- City in which Einstein worked in a patent office
- Capital southwest of Zurich
- Capital in the Alps
- Capital city that hosted the 1954 World Cup final
- Canton that holds a capital
- Canton that borders Neuchâtel
- Candidate Sanders, in tweets
- Bundeshaus setting
- "Feel the __": 2016 campaign slogan
- "Feel the ___" (onetime political slogan)
- "Feel the ___" (bygone political slogan)
- "Feel the ___" (2016 political meme)
- "Feel the ___!" (2015 campaign slogan)
- ''Bundesstadt'' of Europe
- Ursula Andress's birthplace
- Switzerland's second most populous canton
- Home of the Universal Postal Union
- Swiss city on the Aare
- Where Einstein published his special theory of relativity
- Alpine Museum city
- City on the Aare River
- Home of the landmark Zeitglockenturm clock tower
- Universal Postal Union headquarters
- Capital founded in 1191
- European capital that houses the Universal Postal Union
- Capital of Switzerland
- City where Einstein developed his special theory of relativity
- It's on the Aare
- Alpine capital
- Capital NW of Jungfrau
- Capital on the Aare
- Swiss capital
- "Feel the ___" (2016 campaign slogan)
- The capital of Switzerland
- Located in western Switzerland
- Helvetian capital
- City near Jungfrau
- City with a bear pit
- A European capital
- City between Zurich and Lausanne
- City affording an Alpine vista
- Whence to see Jungfrau
- Swiss canton
- Capital to be seen during October/November
- Line one's taken from one European capital to another
- Picked up torch in Swiss city
- City on the Rhine
- Cold capital
- Switzerland's capital
- City on the Aar
- European city that's home to the Zentrum Paul Klee museum
- Capital city on the Aare river
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Swiss capital, probably originally from PIE root *ber- "marshy place," but by folk etymology from German Bär "bear" (compare Berlin). Related: Bernese.
Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 102
Land area (2000): 0.272460 sq. miles (0.705669 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.272460 sq. miles (0.705669 sq. km)
FIPS code: 06275
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 39.962710 N, 95.970759 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 66408
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Bern
Wikipedia
The city of Bern or Berne (; ; ; Bernese German: Bärn ) is the de facto capital of Switzerland, referred to by the Swiss as their (e.g. in German) Bundesstadt, or " federal city". With a population of 141,107 (April 2016), Bern is the fourth most populous city in Switzerland. The Bern agglomeration, which includes 36 municipalities, had a population of 406,900 in 2014. The metropolitan area had a population of 660,000 in 2000. Bern is also the capital of the Canton of Bern, the second most populous of Switzerland's cantons.
The official language of Bern is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the most spoken language is an Alemannic Swiss German dialect, Bernese German.
In 1983, the historic old town in the centre of Bern became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Bern is ranked among the world’s top ten cities for the best quality of life (2010).
Bern or Berne may refer to:
Usage examples of "bern".
And what if Ecca rode back and the ships were gone because Bern had told them it was wiser to cast off?
A waste of time, some had thoughtand the same had been said about Bern and Ecca going into Esferth, once they had learned about the fair.
Riding in darkness before the first moon rose, Bern Thorkellson thought bitterly about the bonds of family.
And Bern had stolen the grey horse that was to be burned with the governor tomorrow.
He could have been in his straw right now, Bern thought, a little desperately.
A woman ought not to watch like this, Bern thought, tasting his fear again.
A fleeing stranger, Bern was certain, would be happily seized to be questioned at leisure.
Though this was where Bern saw his own chance lying, small as it might be.
Something rare came into Bern Thorkellson in that moment, with the deriding, confident voice and a memory of this man the night before.
The first angled blow was heavy as a battle-hammer and Bern barely got his own blade across his body and in front of it.
Gyllir rocked with it, Bern gasped with the force, pulled the horse back to his right in the sea, by reflex, more than anything.
He propped Bern against the wall for a moment, braced him with his good shoulder, and tied his trouser drawstrings, to let him be decent, at least.
He looked at Bern by moonlight and spent a moment working out how old his son was.
Thorkell knew he ought to leave, before Bern opened his eyes, but it was oddly difficult to move away.
And if not, what would happen if he returned to the ships after Bern did and asked why his companion had left without him?