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Weimar

Proper noun

Meaning

A city in Thuringia, Germany.

The period in German history from 1919 to 1933, when the nation was under a constitution drafted in the city of Weimar.

(countable) A habitational surname from German.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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Examples

A bypass road around Weimar was built in the 2000s in the north and west; the eastern and southern continuation are in discussion, but not in definite planning because of some difficulties in routing. Source: Internet

Adam Fergusson pointed out that in 1923 during the great Inflation in the Weimar Republic Gresham's Law began to work in reverse, as the official money became so worthless that virtually nobody would take it. Source: Internet

Albert Schweitzer Memorial and Museum in Weimar (1984) From 1939–48 he stayed in Lambaréné, unable to go back to Europe because of the war. Source: Internet

Although often referred to as the Ersatzkaiser (substitute Emperor), Hindenburg made no effort to restore the monarchy and took his oath to the Weimar Constitution seriously. Source: Internet

Arthur endured two long years of drudgery as a merchant in honor of his dead father, but his mother soon moved with his sister Adele to Weimar —then the centre of German literature —to pursue her writing career. Source: Internet

Almost without resources, Johanna wrote to the Duke of Weimar, speaking of her plight. Source: Internet

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