Leipzig

American  

[lahyp-sig, -sik, lahyp-tsik] / ˈlaɪp sɪg, -sɪk, ˈlaɪp tsɪk /

Also Leipsic

noun

1. a city in E central Germany.

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Leipzig British  

/ ˈlaɪpsɪɡ, ˈlaiptsɪç /

noun

1. a city in E central Germany, in Saxony: famous fairs, begun about 1170; publishing and music centre; university (1409); scene of a decisive defeat for Napoleon Bonaparte in 1813. Pop: 497 531 (2003 est)

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Leipzig Cultural  

1. City in east-central Germany; a manufacturing, commercial, and transportation hub.

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Leipzig was the capital of Germany's book and music publishing industries until the city was badly damaged in World War II.

Since the Reformation, Leipzig has been a leading cultural center of Germany, home to philosophical, literary, and musical giants, such as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich von Schiller, Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, and Richard Wagner.

Example Sentences

"The positive we can take is that we kept a clean sheet," Leipzig's Germany full-back David Raum told Sky Germany, adding that "we weren't incisive enough going forwards".

From Barron's

The women were inseparable in life as well as death, learning to dance when they were children and applying their skills with the Leipzig Opera children’s ballet, the AP said.

From Los Angeles Times

Germany took early control as they beat Slovakia 6-0 in Leipzig.

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They were performed at the St Thomas Church in Leipzig, where Bach is buried and where he worked as a cantor for 27 years.

From BBC

They were also performed for the first time in 320 years at the St Thomas Church in Leipzig, where Bach is buried and served as a cantor for 27 years.

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