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Embden

American  
[em-duhn] / ˈɛm dən /
Or Emden

noun

  1. one of a breed of large, white domestic geese having orange shanks, toes, and bill.


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“We believe there is significant potential to extract value from the Life and Asset Management businesses, which should be crystallised in the next three years,” analyst Andreas Van Embden writes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

In making the mating it is usual in order to secure best results to use one gander with from two to four geese in the Toulouse, Embden and African breeds.

From Ducks and Geese by Lamon, Harry M.

It is not in my power to make Lisa Embden, or any other creature, feel happiness in the pursuit of good.

From Francezka by Seawell, Molly Elliot

The Ports of Rouen & Dieppe were filled with Ships from Embden & Dantzig with Corn.

From Before and after Waterloo Letters from Edward Stanley, sometime Bishop of Norwich (1802; 1814; 1816) by Stanley, Edward

In 1600 he was sent on an embassy, with others, to Embden, for the purpose of settling certain matters in dispute between the English and the Danes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various

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