Chemnitz

[ kem-nits ]

/ ˈkɛm nɪts /

noun

a city in E Germany.

Formerly Karl-Marx-Stadt.

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Examples from the Web for chemnitz

However, the young married couple lived happily at Chemnitz, and my sister was proud in the possession of her children.
My Autobiography|F. Max Mller
Such are the typical distinctions, and their immediate union appears effected by the Strombus laciniatus of Chemnitz.
Zoological Illustrations, or Original Figures and Descriptions. Volume I, Second Series|William Swainson
He will have to spend all night going round by Chemnitz and Dresden.
The New Germany|George Young
Jahresbericht der Technischen Staatslehranstalten zu Chemnitz, 1890.
The Condition and Tendencies of Technical Education in Germany|Arthur Henry Chamberlain

We arrived at Chemnitz at noon, just as a numerous company at the hotel were about to sit down to dinner.
Louis Spohr's Autobiography|Louis Spohr

British Dictionary definitions for chemnitz

Chemnitz

/ (German ˈkɛmnɪts) /

noun

a city in E Germany, in Saxony, at the foot of the Erzgebirge: textiles, engineering. Pop: 249 922 (2003 est)Also called (1953–90): Karl-Marx-Stadt

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