Brandenburg
Americannoun
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a state in NE central Germany. 10,039 sq. mi. (26,000 sq. km). Potsdam.
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a city in NE Germany.
noun
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a state in NE Germany, part of East Germany until 1990. A former electorate, it expanded under the Hohenzollerns to become the kingdom of Prussia (1701). The district east of the Oder River became Polish in 1945. Capital: Potsdam. Pop: 2 575 000 (2003 est). Area: 29 481 sq km (11 219 sq miles)
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a city in NE Germany: former capital of the Prussian province of Brandenburg. Pop: 75 485 (2003 est)
Other Word Forms
- Brandenburger noun
Example Sentences
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Lars Nieradzik of Lund University and Louise Rütting of the Brandenburg University of Technology are co authors of the paper.
From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2026
The man, named as "Mohammad S", was stopped at Berlin's Brandenburg Airport after arriving from Beirut on Friday evening.
From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026
“It has to be an agreement to use force, threat, or intimidation to impede federal officials,” Litman explained, and those threats have to produce imminent lawless action—known as the Brandenburg standard.
From Slate • Jan. 23, 2026
Opposition has mounted to the business venture in the town of Luebben, Brandenburg state, despite the promise of hundreds of jobs in the economically depressed region.
From Barron's • Dec. 19, 2025
The previous June, Hitler had awarded Goebbels a sumptuous personal residence on the recently renamed Hermann-Goring-Strasse, just a block south of the Brandenburg Gate.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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