Augsburg

[ awgz-burg; German ouks-boo rk ]

/ ˈɔgz bɜrg; German ˈaʊks bʊərk /

noun

a city in Bavaria, in S Germany.

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Examples from the Web for augsburg

John J. Scullion, S.J. Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1984.
The Backstory of ‘Noah’ Is Full of Giants, Horny Angels, and a Grieving God|Tim Townsend|March 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The authorities in Augsburg flatly refused to speculate over what it was worth.
The Man Who Hoarded Art for the Nazis|Christopher Dickey, Nadette De Visser|November 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
This week, the pope granted the resignation of Walter Mixa, the bishop of Augsburg from his native Germany.
The Cardinal Who Got Away|Barbie Latza Nadeau|May 11, 2010|DAILY BEAST
During my stay at Augsburg several Poles, who had left their country on account of the troubles, came to see me.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete|Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

In a second I realized how the dancing-mistress and the mental specialist from Augsburg had been the tools of the Emperor.
The Secrets of Potsdam|William Le Queux
The Wetschgis were a well-known family of gunsmiths and mechanics in Augsburg through several generations.
Smithsonian Institution - United States National Museum - Bulletin 240|Anonymous
That Diet, which was assembled at Augsburg in 1555, met under remarkably favourable circumstances.
The Thirty Years' War|Samuel Rawson Gardiner
Papa was at Augsburg yesterday, and has just come home, and it is all to come off the week after next.
Linda Tressel|Anthony Trollope

British Dictionary definitions for augsburg

Augsburg

/ (German ˈauksbʊrk) /

noun

a city in S Germany, in Bavaria: founded by the Romans in 14 bc; site of the diet that produced the Peace of Augsburg (1555), which ended the struggles between Lutherans and Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire and established the principle that each ruler should determine the form of worship in his lands. Pop: 259 217 (2003 est)Roman name: Augusta Vindelicorum (aʊˈɡuːstə vɪnˈdɛlɪˌkəʊrəm)

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