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Stans

geographical name
\ ˈshtäns How to pronounce Stans (audio) \

Definition of Stans

commune in central Switzerland that was the site of a diet which averted civil war among members of the Swiss Confederation in 1481 and the scene of a disastrous battle with the French in 1798

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