Basel
[ bah-zuhl ]
noun
a city in and the capital of Basel-Stadt, in northwestern Switzerland, on the Rhine River.
a canton in northern Switzerland, divided into two independent areas.
- French Bâle [bahl] /bɑl/
- Also Basle [bahl] /bɑl/ .
- Compare Basel-Land, Basel-Stadt.
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How to use Basel in a sentence
The same yeare also the king altered his coine, abrogating certeine peeces called basels.
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (5 of 12) | Raphael Holinshed
British Dictionary definitions for Basel
Basel
/ (ˈbɑːzəl) /
noun
a variant spelling of Basle
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