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Cheb

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/ xɛp /

noun

  1. German name: Eger.  a town in the W Czech Republic, in W Bohemia on the Ohře River: 12th-century castle where Wallenstein was murdered (1634); a centre of the Sudeten-German movement after World War I. Pop: 34 036 (2007 est)

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US hip hop artist Nelly and Algerian singer Cheb Khaled are scheduled to perform a concert in Jeddah on 14 December.

From BBC Nov. 22, 2017

A West German firm will build a link extending an existing pipeline from the Czechoslovak border town of Cheb into Bavaria.

From Time Magazine Archive

More recently, Sting scored a hit with Algerian rai star Cheb Mami, Lauryn Hill covered Bob Marley on MTV Unplugged, and Britney Spears has made a habit of working with Swedish songwriter Max Martin.

From Time Magazine Archive

Two Sudeten Germans astride a motorcycle roaring along the road to Germany near the Czech town of Cheb disregarded an order by a Czech traffic patrol to halt.

From Time Magazine Archive

We move along to Eger or Cheb, where we find a last reminder of the Hohenstaufen in the ruins of a castle and a round two-storied chapel built by Frederick Barbarossa.

From From a Terrace in Prague by Lieut.-Col. B. Granville Baker

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