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Montreux.

A town and municipality on Lake Geneva in Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut district, Vaud Canton, Switzerland.

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Meaning & usage

name/ˌmɒntɹəʊ/UK/mɒ̃ˈtɹɜː/UK/ˌmɑnˈtɹoʊ/US/mɒ̃ˈtɹoʊ/US
  1. A town and municipality on Lake Geneva in Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut district, Vaud Canton, Switzerland.

  2. A small commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle Department, Grand Est region, France.

Where this word comes from

From French Montreux, from Medieval Latin monastēriolum under influence from Old French Mont- (“Mount”) in numerous other placenames, from monastērium (“monastery”) + -olum (“-ole: forming diminutives”), q.v. Doublet of Montreuil and Monthureux.

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