Bavaria
Americannoun
noun
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Adolf Hitler began his rise to power in Bavaria.
The area is famous for its beer and automobiles. BMW stands for Bavarian Motor Works.
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Florian Herrmann, a minister in the Bavaria state government, welcomed the news.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Regional governments are getting involved, with Bavaria committing up to 400 million euros to Proxima if federal funding also materializes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Two men aged 20 and 22 drowned in lakes in Bavaria, and a 79-year-old woman died in the Baltic Sea.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
The country's health ministry has said all four, who are not currently showing symptoms, were being transferred to their homes in Berlin, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bavaria and Schleswig-Holstein.
From BBC ● May 11, 2026
He was in the service of Duke Maximilian of Bavaria, a Catholic, and the terrible pan-European conflict afterwards known as the Thirty Years War was just beginning.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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