Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southern Germany west-northwest of Munich. Founded by Augustus as a Roman garrison c. 14 BC, it was a major commercial and banking center in the 15th and 16th centuries.
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- proper noun
Augsburg (city in southern Germany)
Etymologies
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Examples
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PEACE OF AUGSBURG granted legal (imperial) recognition to the Confession of Augsburg (1530).
1531, Feb. 6 2001
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The German publisher, Sankt Ulrich Verlag in Augsburg, sent me a PDF version of the book in German under embargo, so I wrote a news story the day it appeared.
ID/Evolution 2009
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My 8th grade History teacher in Augsburg, Germany, Mr. Harris, held a mock impeachment trial.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Blatant Unconstitutionality Started Early 2010
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The system, which included research by former graduate student Dhiraj Joshi and Associate Professor Jia Li, was presented last month in Augsburg, Germany, during the annual meeting of the Association for Computing Machinery.
Software Advances Photo Search, Management | Impact Lab 2007
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: Jewish men in Augsburg had to sew yellow buttons to their clothes.
Think Progress » BREAKING: Military Will Request $100B For Iraq Next Year, Murtha Reveals 2005
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His father was born in Augsburg, Germany, as the only son of general Rigas von Euler-Chelpin.
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Bavaria; the city of Augsburg is protected by the constitution of the German empire; the Grisons are safe in their mountains, and the country of Tirol is ranked among the numerous provinces of the house of Austria.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Lakers F Devean George played his college ball at Division III Augsburg, which is in Minnesota. ...
USATODAY.com 2005
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Sweden, Norway, and the Baltic provinces; these all gave their adherence (1530) to the so-called Augsburg Confession, while the upper German imperial cities, Strasburg, Constance, Lindau,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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"Young Holbein" was born in Augsburg, which is in Swabia, in southern
Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People Mary Schell Hoke Bacon 1902
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