Lachen can refer to:
Places
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Lachen, Switzerland
Lachen (High Alemannic: ''Lache'') is a municipality in March District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland.
History
Lachen is first mentioned around 1217–22 as ''de Lachun''.
Geography
Lachen has an area of , as of 2006. Of this area, ...
, a municipality of the Canton of Schwyz
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Lachen, Germany
Lachen is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany. The town has a municipal association with Memmingerberg.
Notable people
* Johannes Zick (1702 in Lachen – 1762) a German painter of frescoes in southern Germany, ac ...
, a municipality of Bavaria
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Lachen, Sikkim
Lachen is a town in Mangan District in the Indian state of Sikkim. It is located at an elevation of 2,750 metres. The name ''Lachen'' means "big pass". The town is being promoted as a tourist destination by the Sikkimese government. The to ...
– a town in
India
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Lachen River, in India
Other
* The
German and
Dutch words for
laughing
Laughter is a pleasant physical reaction and emotion consisting usually of rhythmical, often audible contractions of the diaphragm and other parts of the respiratory system. It is a response to certain external or internal stimuli. Laughter c ...
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