First recorded in 1880–85; named after Prince Albert of Saxe -Coburg
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The same morning, his sister, 60 miles away in Coburg, was flooded with foreboding and persuaded her father to send a telegram inquiring about her brother’s well-being.
From New York Times • May 12, 2022
A deal was so close that a podium for the final ceremonies had been erected in the Palais Coburg hotel where the talks were held.
From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2022
The remaining signatories to the nuclear deal - Iran, Russia, China, France, Germany and Britain - have been meeting at the Palais Coburg, a luxury hotel where the agreement was signed six years ago.
From Washington Times • Dec. 3, 2021
“The bear is entirely made here and takes about four hours per bear,” Hermann said from the business in Coburg in northern Bavaria.
From Reuters • Sep. 29, 2021
Coburg, indeed, was still afraid, on Marie Antoinette’s account, of forcing the Republicans to extremities, and on military grounds too he thought an advance on Paris hazardous.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various
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