Bavaria

[ buh-vair-ee-uh ]

noun

1. a state in SE Germany: formerly a kingdom. 27,239 sq. mi. (70,550 sq. km). : Munich.

Bavaria

/ bəˈvɛərɪə /

noun

1. a state of S Germany: a former duchy and kingdom; mainly wooded highland, with the Alps in the south. Capital: Munich. Pop: 12 155 000 (2000 est). Area: 70 531 sq km (27 232 sq miles) German nameBayern

Bavaria

1. State in southwestern Germany bordered by the former Czechoslovakia to the east, Austria to the southeast and south, and the German states of Baden-Wurttemberg and Hesse to the west and northwest. Its capital and largest city is Munich .

Notes

Adolf Hitler began his rise to power in Bavaria.

The area is famous for its beer and automobiles. BMW stands for Bavarian Motor Works.

Example Sentences

Upon his liberation in 1945, the U.S. military set him up with a tailor shop in a small town in Bavaria.

From The Daily Beast

His remains were buried in a family plot in Bavaria until their exhumation Wednesday.

From The Daily Beast

Above was a deep-blue sky with those thick low masses of snow-white clouds one sees only in Bavaria.

From Project Gutenberg

The first thought which occurred to William was that it might be possible to put the Elector of Bavaria in his son's place.

From Project Gutenberg

The abbey of Langheim, in the diocese of Bamberg, Bavaria, owned a farm on which the monks kept their flocks.

From Project Gutenberg

On my way from Bavaria to Prussia I saw a number of automobiles flying across the country carrying their officers to the front.

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Bavaria was his faithful subordinate, and (p. 196) Poland still hoped everything from his successes.

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