Anschluss
[ ahn-shloo s ]
/ ˈɑn ʃlʊs /
noun
union, especially the political union of Austria with Germany in 1938.
Origin of Anschluss
1920–25; < German: consolidation, joining together, equivalent to an- on, to + Schluss a closing
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Examples from the Web for anschluss
After the Russian anschluss in Crimea last week, people around the world are asking themselves uneasily: How far will Moscow go?
Putin’s Dream of Empire Doesn’t Stop at Crimea, Or Even Ukraine|Oleg Shynkarenko|March 23, 2014|DAILY BEASTSound or not, Kennedy became ambassador in 1938, the year that Germany marched into Austria to create the Anschluss.
The word "Anschluss" seems hardly to imply so complete a union as was afterwards aimed at by the German party in Vienna.
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British Dictionary definitions for anschluss
Anschluss
/ (ˈænʃlʊs) /
noun
a political or economic union, esp the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany (1938)
Word Origin for Anschluss
German: from anschliessen to join
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