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Aix-la-Chapelle

British  
/ ɛkslaʃapɛl /

noun

  1. the French name for Aachen

"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

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However, three years later, under the terms of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, Britain relinquished control of the fortress to the French.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014

Although Maria Theresa did stop Prussia’s aggression, she lost Silesia in the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012

The next event of importance occurred when Separatists recaptured Aix-la-Chapelle, from which they had been driven a fortnight ago.

From Time Magazine Archive

Paul Julius Reuter, a German bank clerk, started his business 97 years ago in a pigeon loft at Aix-la-Chapelle, soon expanded into a ubiquitous emissary of the Victorian empire.

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The latter course was naturally preferred, and each emperor, at his coronation at Aix-la-Chapelle, was initiated by the hereditary Count of Dortmund.

From Secret Societies of the Middle Ages by Thomas Keightley

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