Königsberg

American

[kœ-nikhs-berk, key-nigz-burg] / ˈkœ nɪxsˌbɛrk, ˈkeɪ nɪgzˌbɜrg /

noun

German name of Kaliningrad.

Königsberg British

/ ˈkɜːnɪɡzˌbɜːɡ, ˈkøːnɪçsbɛrk /

noun

the former name (until 1946) of Kaliningrad

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

They drew inspiration from a 300-year-old algorithm by the Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler, who wanted to map a route through the Prussian city of Königsberg that would cross each of its seven bridges only once.

From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2018

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023