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Bremen

American  
[brem-uhn, bray-muhn] / ˈbrɛm ən, ˈbreɪ mən /

noun

  1. a state in NW Germany. 156 sq. mi. (405 sq. km).

  2. a port in and the capital of this state, on the Weser River: formerly a member of the Hanseatic League.


Bremen British  
/ ˈbreɪmən /

noun

  1. a state of NW Germany, centred on the city of Bremen and its outport Bremerhaven. Pop: 663 000 (2003 est). Area: 404 sq km (156 sq miles)

  2. an industrial city and port in NW Germany, on the Weser estuary. Pop: 544 853 (2003 est)

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To meet this strong demand, the company’s Bremen, Rastatt and Kecskemet plants are operating on three-shift schedules, it said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

The head of the CDU in the northern city-state of Bremen, Heiko Strohmann, told Merz in a recent party meeting that he "was running a political party, not a business".

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

By the age of 23, Undav was no longer the scrawny kid who had been turned away by Werder Bremen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

Hein has been on loan at Werder Bremen this season, following similar spells at Reading and Real Valladolid.

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026

Then all at once he was telling me about his wife and children in Bremen, about their garden, their dogs, their summer hiking vacations.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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