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Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...

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Origin and meaning

The name means "coming from / related to

Rhaetia Raetia or Rhaetia ( , ) was a Roman province, province of the Roman Empire named after the Rhaetian people. It bordered on the west with the country of the Helvetii, on the east with Noricum, on the north with Vindelicia, on the south-west wit ...

Rhaetian Alps The Rhaetian Alps (; ) are a mountain range of the Eastern Alps. The SOIUSA classification system divides them into the Western Rhaetian Alps, Western, Southern Rhaetian Alps and Eastern Rhaetian Alps, while the Alpine Club classification of the ...

Rhaetian people The Raeti ( ; spelling variants: ''Rhaeti'', ''Rheti'' or ''Rhaetii'') were a confederation of Alpine tribes, whose language and culture were related to those of the Etruscans. Before the Roman conquest, they inhabited present-day Tyrol in Austr ...

Rhaeto-Romance languages Rhaeto-Romance, Rheto-Romance, Rhaeto-Italian, or Rhaetian, is a purported subfamily of the Romance languages that is spoken in south-eastern Switzerland and north-eastern Italy. The name "Rhaeto-Romance" refers to the former Roman province of ...

Notable people

Reto Berra Reto Berra (born 3 January 1987) is a Swiss professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently playing for HC Fribourg-Gottéron of the National League (ice hockey), National League (NL). Berra played seven seasons in Switzerland's National Leag ...

- Swiss ice hockey player *

Reto Capadrutt Reto Capadrutt (4 March 1912 – 3 February 1939) was a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the 1930s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won a silver medal in the two-man event in 1932 and another silver medal in the four-man event in 1936. ...

- Swiss bobsledder *

Reto Götschi Reto Götschi (born 25 December 1965, in Hausen am Albis) is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the 1990s. He won a silver medal in the two-man event with teammate Guido Acklin at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. Götschi also won a co ...

- Swiss bobsledder *

Reto Grütter Reto Elias Grütter (17 July 1984) is a Swiss sidecarcross passenger and the 2007 and 2008 Sidecarcross World Champion. ''Reto Grütter's'' name can sometimes be found to be, wrongfully, spelled ''Reto Grutter''. Sidecarcross world championshi ...

- Swiss sidecarcross passenger *

Reto Salimbeni Reto Salimbeni (born July 28, 1958) is a filmmaker and director known for his features and commercials. His films include '' Urban Safari'', ''The Day I Was My Father'' and '' One Way''. Life Salimbeni grew up in Zurich, Switzerland and Bo ...

- Swiss film-maker *

Reto Schenkel Amaru Reto Schenkel (born 28 April 1988) is a sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. Born in Lomé, Togo, he represents Switzerland. Schenkel competed in both 100 and 200 m at the 2006 World Junior Championships. He finished fifth in the ...

- Swiss sprinter *

Reto Schmidiger Reto Schmidiger (born 21 April 1992 in Hergiswil) is a Swiss alpine skier Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-countr ...

– Swiss alpine ski racer *

Reto Stiffler Reto Stiffler (25 February 1939 – 10 January 2025) was a Swiss businessman. He was 14th president of the football club Standard Liège. Life and career Born in Davos in 1939 Stiffler played ice hockey in his youth. He studied hotel management ...

- businessman *

Reto Suri Reto Suri (born 25 March 1989) is a Swiss former professional ice hockey forward. Playing career After his first season with Zug in 2012–13, Suri gained NHL attention and signed a two-year entry-level contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning on ...

- Swiss ice hockey player *

Reto Ziegler Reto Pirmin Ziegler (; born 16 January 1986) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Swiss Super League club Sion. Ziegler has played top-flight football in seven countries. He earned 35 international caps for Switzerl ...

- Swiss footballer

Other uses

Reto-Moto Reto-Moto ApS was a Danish video game developer based in Copenhagen. Founded in 1997, its staff formed IO Interactive as a joint venture in September 1998. Following a decade of inactivity, some founders reformed Reto-Moto in April 2008, and th ...

- Danish videogame developer {{given name Swiss masculine given names Masculine given names