Bonn

American  

[bon, bawn] / bɒn, bɔn /

noun

1. a city in W Germany, on the Rhine: seat of the government; former capital of West Germany.

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Bonn British  

/ bɒn, bɔn /

noun

1. a city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia on the Rhine: the former capital (1949–90) of West Germany; university (1786). Pop: 311 052 (2003 est)

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Bonn Cultural  

1. Former capital of the Federal Republic of Germany and still home to most of the German government's bureaucracy, located in the western part of Germany, on the Rhine River.

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The Constitution for West Germany was drafted in Bonn after World War II. Bonn became West Germany's capital in 1949 and reunified Germany's capital in 1990, but it has since lost that distinction to Berlin.

Example Sentences

"The filter systems available so far, however, have various disadvantages," explains Dr. Leandra Hamann from the Institute for Organismic Biology at the University of Bonn.

From Science Daily

"This process works on consensus, and consensus means if someone objected to our bid, it would go to Bonn."

From BBC

The global trial was led by Dr. Frank Holz of the University of Bonn, with participants from the UK, France, Italy and the Netherlands.

From Science Daily

In my junior year, I spent a semester in Bonn, Germany, and returned home to California a different person.

From The Wall Street Journal

This version of Islam can be at odds with the religion as practised by local communities, says Yvan Guichaoua, a senior researcher at the Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies.

From BBC