Brandenburg

[ bran-duhn-burg; German brahn-duhn-boork ]

noun

1. a state in NE central Germany. 10,039 sq. mi. (26,000 sq. km). : Potsdam.
2. a city in NE Germany.

Brandenburg

/ ˈbrandənbʊrk; ˈbrændənˌbɜːɡ /

noun

1. 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)
2. a city in NE Germany: former capital of the Prussian province of Brandenburg. Pop: 75 485 (2003 est)

Other Words From

• Branden·burger noun

Example Sentences

“The idea that you can create matter from light smashing together is an interesting concept,” says Brandenburg.

From Science News

Brandenburg, in a separate interview with the Grafton Police Department and the FBI, said “he has had an interest in conspiracy theories” for the past seven years.

From Washington Post

“Brandenburg was very engaged in conspiracy theories,” Sticker told law enforcement, according to court records.

From Washington Post

When Ronald Reagan went to the Brandenburg Gate at the height of the Cold War he said: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”

From The Daily Beast

“They need more watching than members of Congress,” says Bert Brandenburg, executive director of the nonpartisan Justice at Stake.

From The Daily Beast

“This is a way of trying to bully the bench,” says Brandenburg.

From The Daily Beast

“State courts are the engine of day-in and day-out justice,” where 98 percent of cases are decided, says Brandenburg.

From The Daily Beast

The first time a president speaks at Brandenburg Gate it is historic.

From The Daily Beast

If the house of Brandenburg still reigned, he continued, it was due to the sincere friendship he felt for the Czar.

From Project Gutenberg

Queen of France that might have been; and now it is but Brandenburg, and the dice have fallen somewhat wrong for us!

From Project Gutenberg

Friedrich, in one capacity or another, presided over Brandenburg near thirty years.

From Project Gutenberg

Reducing more and more that famishing dog-kennel of a Brandenburg into a fruitful arable field.

From Project Gutenberg

The Culmbach Brothers, we observe, play a more important part in that era than their seniors and chiefs of Brandenburg.

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