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Meanings of canton of uri in English

A canton in Switzerland.

        Usage of canton of uri in English
        1
        I belong to a colony of Swiss, from the canton of Uri, who, led by my grandfather, settled there.
        Cæsar's Column: A Story of the Twentieth Century
        2
        It was Saturday night in Göschenen, in the canton of Uri, that part of Switzerland which William Tell and Walter Fürst have made famous.
        In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales
        3
        They were properly united only with the three cantons of Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden, as with a common centre, but among themselves by special treaties.
        The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 / The Later Ren...