"The Republic and Canton of Geneva (French: R\u00E9publique et Canton de Gen\u00E8ve; Arpitan: R\u00E8publica et Canton de Geneva; German: Republik und Kanton Genf; Italian: Repubblica e Canton Ginevra; Romansh: Republica e Chantun Genevra) is the French-speaking westernmost canton or state of Switzerland, surrounded on almost all sides by France. As is the case in several other Swiss cantons (e.g."@en . . .