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Erlangen

American  
[er-lahng-uhn] / ˈɛr lɑŋ ən /

noun

  1. a city in Bavaria, S Germany.


Erlangen British  
/ ˈɛrlaŋən /

noun

  1. a town in central Germany, in Bavaria: university (1743). Pop: 102 449 (2003 est)

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For a time, he kept his prize at Ferris Barracks in Erlangen, the former German military base just north of the city that housed American occupation forces after the war.

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2024

A research team at the Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin, Erlangen led by Professor Vahid Sandoghdar has now successfully shown how small molecules and single nanoparticles can be applied directly onto the surface of cells.

From Science Daily • Feb. 21, 2024

He worked as an interpreter for some of the country’s English-speaking occupiers, and studied literature and philosophy at the universities of Erlangen, Freiburg and Hamburg, as well as at the Sorbonne in Paris.

From Washington Post • Nov. 28, 2022

Powell spoke of a key source, “an eyewitness, an Iraqi chemical engineer,” who happened to be watching the speech at home with his wife in Erlangen, Germany.

From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2020

He was educated at the “elector’s school” of Meissen, and studied medicine at Leipzig and Vienna, taking the degree of M.D. at Erlangen in 1779.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various