Dresden

[ drez-duhn; German dreys-duhn ]

/ ˈdrɛz dən; German ˈdreɪs dən /

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noun

the capital of Saxony in E Germany, on the Elbe River.

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Words nearby Dresden

Drenthe, drepanid, drepanocyte, drepanocytic anemia, drepanocytosis, Dresden, Dresden china, dress, dressage, dress circle, dress coat

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How to use Dresden in a sentence

That gives you some idea of how densely crowded the 5 billion proteins in a typical cell are, said Anthony Hyman, a British cell biologist and a director of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden.
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My colleagues Stefan Lämmer and Dirk Helbing did it for Dresden.
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In Dresden, Germany, anti-Islam rallies each week draw thousands of demonstrators.
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The Stollen was paraded through the city of Dresden, and later an appointed “Stollen girl” cut the cake.
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The tradition of baking of Stollen is probably the strongest in Dresden, Germany.
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They would travel by train, and the trains would pass through Dresden, the East German city closest to Prague.
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Vladimir Putin famously ran agents for the KGB from 1985 to 1990 out of Dresden, which was then in communist East Germany.
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A serious insurrection occurred at Dresden, in Saxony, but was in a few days put down.
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In the great battle round Dresden the Marshal's twenty thousand raw recruits played their part nobly.
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I must confess I am only staying here in order to put off my arrival in Dresden and the society of the Jurgensons.
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Breakfasted on the banks of the Elbe (omelette aux confitures) and returned to Dresden by boat.
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Leaving Teplitz on the morning of August 26, he arrived in the evening of the same day in Dresden in good health and good humour.
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British Dictionary definitions for Dresden

Dresden

/ (ˈdrɛzdən) /

noun

an industrial city in SE Germany, the capital of Saxony on the River Elbe: it was severely damaged in the Seven Years' War (1760); the baroque city was almost totally destroyed in World War II by Allied bombing (1945). Pop: 483 632 (2003 est)

adjective

relating to, designating, or made of Dresden china

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for Dresden

Dresden

[ (drez-duhn) ]

City in eastern Germany on the Elbe River.

notes for Dresden

Dresden was a leading center of German music, art, and architecture for three centuries, until it was severely damaged by Allied bombing in World War II.