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Thun.

A city and municipality of Bern canton, Switzerland.

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Meaning & usage

name/tʊn//tuːn/
  1. A city and municipality of Bern canton, Switzerland.

  2. An Alpine lake, which took its name from the city of Thun, on its northern shore: see Lake Thun.

Where this word comes from

From Medieval Latin Tuno, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“fortified town”), named before it fell to Rome.

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