Definition of Basle

1. Noun. A city in northwestern Switzerland.

Exact synonyms: Bale, Basel
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Group relationships: Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera, Swiss Confederation, Switzerland

Definition of Basle

1. Proper noun. A city in Switzerland; (alternative spelling of Basel) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Basle

Basic Pokémon
Basidiobolus
Basidiomycota
Basidiomycotina
Basij
Basil of Caesarea
Basil the Great
Basilicata
Basiliscus
Basingstoke
Baskerville
Basket Maker
Basketo
Baskin-Robbins
Basle
Basle Nomina Anatomica
Basotho
Basque
Basque Country
Basque Fatherland and Liberty
Basque Homeland and Freedom
Basque Shepherd Dog
Basque Shepherd Dogs
Basques
Basquish
Basra

Literary usage of Basle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Disappointed in the hope of securing the support of Sforza, Aragon, or Milan, the council held its last session at basle (16 May, 1443), and decreed that a ..."

2. Orpheus Philologus: Bachofen Versus Mommsen on the Study of Antiquity by Lionel Gossman (1983)
"THE PROPHET OF basle The clocks of basle, if we can believe the accounts of ... A few attempts, inspired by Enlightenment, to synchronize basle time with ..."

3. The Creeds of Christendom: With a History and Critical Notes by Philip Schaff (1919)
"The two Confession* of basle are published in German and Latin by ... The First and Second Confessions of basle belong to the Zwinglian family, and preceded ..."

4. The Oxford Reformers John Colet, Erasmus, and Thomas More: Being a History by Frederic Seebohm (1896)
"Erasmus reaches basle and falls ill. His reply to Dr. Kck. CHAPTER XV. ... ERASMUS arrived at basle on Ascension Day, May lo, 1518.1 But though he had ..."

5. The Zurich Letters: Comprising the Correspondence of Several English Bishops by Hastings Robinson, John Hunter, Parker Society (Great Britain) (1847)
"[3 This letter is from the collection of Mr Burkhardt at basle.] [4 Boniface Amerbach was tho son of a famous printer at basle, where ho was made professor ..."

6. The Zurich Letters: Comprising the Correspondence of Several English Bishops by Hastings Robinson, John Hunter, Parker Society (Great Britain) (1845)
"Str. John Foxe to Henry Bullinger basle, June 17, 1559. A John Foxe to Henry Frensham basle, ... basle, June 23, 1559. L Edmund Grindal to Conrad Hubert . ..."

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