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Anschluss

American  
[ahn-shloos] / ˈɑn ʃlʊs /

noun

  1. union, especially the political union of Austria with Germany in 1938.

Anschluss British  
/ ˈænʃlʊs /

noun

  1. a political or economic union, esp the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany (1938)

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Etymology

Origin of Anschluss

1920–25; < German: consolidation, joining together, equivalent to an- on, to + Schluss a closing

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