Sankt Gallen


Sankt Gal·len

S0073500 (zängkt gä′lən) also Saint Gall (sānt gôl′, gäl′, säN gäl′) A city of northeast Switzerland east of Zurich. Developed around a Benedictine abbey founded by an Irish missionary in the seventh century, it joined the Swiss Confederation in 1454.

St. Gal•len

(ˈgɑ lən)
n. 1. a canton in NE Switzerland. 442,350; 777 sq. mi. (2010 sq. km). 2. the capital of this canton. 74,106. French, St. Gall (sɛ̃ ˈgal) German, Sankt Gallen.