Anhalt

[ ahn-hahlt ]

/ ˈɑn hɑlt /

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noun

a former state in central Germany, now part of Saxony-Anhalt.

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How to use Anhalt in a sentence

On Thursday, as reports indicated Zsa Zsa was “on the mend,” TMZ ran a story saying Anhalt had blacked out and collapsed.
Zsa Zsa's Family Circus|Jacob Bernstein|August 19, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Yet The Daily Beast could find neither Zsa Zsa or Anhalt on the master list of Madoff victims.
Zsa Zsa's Family Circus|Jacob Bernstein|August 19, 2010|DAILY BEAST
But Buddenbrock is still living, Anhalt-Dessau and others of us are still alive a little while!
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. VII. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle
This flight was so hurried, that the Prince of Anhalt left behind him his most private papers, and Frederick his crown.
The Thirty Years War, Complete|Friedrich Schiller

Leopold of Anhalt, a much-comforted man, waits only for the earliest gray of the morning, to be up and doing.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XIII. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle
According to some accounts he was born in Suabia, others make him a native of Anhalt, others of Brandenburg.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia|Various
Prince Joachim, of Anhalt, on the same day sent one of his attendants to inquire in regard to the good man's health.
The Life of Philip Melanchthon|Karl Friedrich Ledderhose

British Dictionary definitions for Anhalt

Anhalt

/ (German ˈanhalt) /

noun

a former duchy and state of central E Germany, now part of the state of Saxony-Anhalt: part of East Germany until 1990

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