Definitions

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  • proper noun A city in western Bohemia, Czech Republic.

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  • noun a town in Czech Republic where Pilsner beer originated

Etymologies

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Anglicised form of Plzeň, the local name of the city.

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Examples

  • Plzen in 1898 trademarked its concoction Pilsner Urquell (Pilsen is German for Plzen; "Urquell" translates roughly as "original source.")

    Plzen 2009

  • Note: The name "Pilsen" is one indication that Mexicans weren't the first immigrants in this neighborhood.

    Another Day in the Ketchup Mine 2005

  • (Well, at least consumption wasn't measured as in Pilsen, site of the sudden-death beer match between meself and Juha.)

    Archive 2009-11-01 Hal Duncan 2009

  • (Well, at least consumption wasn't measured as in Pilsen, site of the sudden-death beer match between meself and Juha.)

    Famous in Finland, Fixture in France Hal Duncan 2009

  • I'm looking forward to a wee trip to the Czech Republic at the end of the month, where I'll be a guest at Parcon in Pilsen, along with Jeff and Ann VanderMeer, Ian R. Mcleod and Les Edwards, making this sort of the world's first New Weird convention.

    Soundtrack Podcast & Other News Hal Duncan 2008

  • I'm looking forward to a wee trip to the Czech Republic at the end of the month, where I'll be a guest at Parcon in Pilsen, along with Jeff and Ann VanderMeer, Ian R. Mcleod and Les Edwards, making this sort of the world's first New Weird convention.

    Archive 2008-08-01 Hal Duncan 2008

  • This will allow true Budweiser (as manufactured for the last 1000 years in Pilsen, Czech Republic) to be sold without risk of confusion.

    Notice of Revocation of Independence JDsg 2007

  • This will allow true Budweiser (as manufactured for the last 1000 years in Pilsen, Czech Republic) to be sold without risk of confusion.

    Think Progress » Report: Blair refuses to back Iran strike. 2006

  • “My most serious concern was to open the ballot boxes in Pilsen in Chicago and have lines of people voting for Mexican politicians,” Gonzales remarked seriously.

    Think Progress » In Any Language, Sen. Coburn’s Amendment Should Make You Sick 2006

  • This beer company, Efes Pilsen is a very famous beer here in Turkey.

    Oktoberfest, The Beer Festival Has Begun 2006

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