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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A historical region of north-central Europe including present-day northern Germany and Poland. Its ancient, Baltic-speaking inhabitants were conquered by the Teutonic Knights in the 1200s. West Prussia was ceded to Poland in 1466, and East Prussia became a Polish fief that passed to Brandenburg in 1618. Proclaimed a kingdom in 1701, Prussia became a military power under Frederick II (reigned 1740–1786). Prussia was instrumental in the unification of Germany, and in 1871 its king was declared Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany.
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- proper noun A geographical area on the Baltic coast of northeastern Europe.
- proper noun historical A Baltic country located in this area, conquered by the Teutonic Order and ultimately absorbed into Germany.
- proper noun historical A German province which was originally located in this area but later greatly expanded, and which was the predecessor to and a member of the German Empire; abolished as an administrative unit at the end of the Second World War.
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- noun a former kingdom in north-central Europe including present-day northern Germany and northern Poland
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The decline of tuberculosis in Prussia is very pronounced.
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He was born in Prussia and became a doctor in 1933.
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Modern forced schooling started in Prussia in 1819 with a clear vision of what centralized schools could deliver:
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Universal suffrage was not enacted in Prussia and England until well late in the 19th century, perhaps even later.
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Our Sports Medicine and Performance Center, located in King of Prussia, is the first program in the region to utilize an interdisciplinary approach to sports injuries and fitness issues.
Our Services 2010
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"Succini Prussici" by Phillip Jacob Hartmann, and the ancient laws which governed the gathering of amber in Prussia, and the punishments for stealing it.
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Our Sports Medicine and Performance Center, located in King of Prussia, is the first program in the region to utilize an interdisciplinary approach to sports injuries and fitness issues.
Our Services 2010
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A English diplomat in Prussia, in 1809, performs the titular action and disappears.
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By July 27, the Ministry of War had granted Harte permission to visit all prison camps in Prussia, to establish
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Kennard found that POWs from the Stammlager at Soltau in Prussia had been sent to fifty different branch labor camps.
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