Bavaria

American  

[buh-vair-ee-uh] / bəˈvɛər i ə /

noun

1. a state in SE Germany: formerly a kingdom. 27,239 sq. mi. (70,550 sq. km). Munich.

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Bavaria British  

/ bəˈvɛərɪə /

noun

1. German name: Bayern.  a state of S Germany: a former duchy and kingdom; mainly wooded highland, with the Alps in the south. Capital: Munich. Pop: 12 155 000 (2000 est). Area: 70 531 sq km (27 232 sq miles)

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Bavaria Cultural  

1. State in southwestern Germany bordered by the former Czechoslovakia to the east, Austria to the southeast and south, and the German states of Baden-Wurttemberg and Hesse to the west and northwest. Its capital and largest city is Munich.

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Adolf Hitler began his rise to power in Bavaria.

The area is famous for its beer and automobiles. BMW stands for Bavarian Motor Works.

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Bavaria

Florian Herrmann, a minister in the Bavaria state government, welcomed the news.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

Bavaria did not pay Fifa a single penny for that publicity.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

Two men aged 20 and 22 drowned in lakes in Bavaria, and a 79-year-old woman died in the Baltic Sea.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

Following a series of near misses, including a semifinal defeat at the 2018 World Cup, the English Football Association turned to Thomas Tuchel, a 52-year-old from Bavaria.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

Velutha was fourteen when Johann Klein, a German carpenter from a carpenter’s guild in Bavaria, came to Kottayam and spent three years with the Christian Mission Society, conducting a workshop with local carpenters.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy