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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of western Germany near the Belgian and Dutch borders. Charlemagne may have been born here in 742; he later made the city his northern capital.

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  • proper noun A city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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  • noun a city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders; formerly it was Charlemagne's northern capital

Etymologies

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From German Aachen, from Latin aquae ("waters, i.e. sources"), referring to the sacred springs associated with the Celtic god Granus.

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