Pressburg
Americannoun
noun
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In 1805, the Peace of Pressburg handed Büsingen to the southern German kingdom of Württemberg.
From New York Times • May 15, 2012
Exception: Czechoslovakia will not consider giving up the vital Danube port of Bratislava, once Hungary's Pressburg.
From Time Magazine Archive
David Eli Lilienthal was born in the little town of Morton, Ill., the son of Jewish immigrants from a village near the old Austro-Hungarian city of Pressburg.
From Time Magazine Archive
"It was in the vicinity of Pressburg, which is now a part of Czechoslovakia," said Lilienthal.
From Time Magazine Archive
The course of the river through Hungary, from Pressburg to Orsova, is some 600 m.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various
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