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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

The elections over, tension eased and the prospects of Cheb becoming a second Sarajevo faded this week.

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

The neighbouring Franks became uneasy at Samo's increasing importance, and under Dagobert, their King, invaded Bohemia, to be badly beaten at Wogastisburg, which, according to Count Lützow, was near the present town of Cheb.

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

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