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Erlangen

American  
[er-lahng-uhn] / ˈɛr lɑŋ ən /

noun

  1. a city in Bavaria, S Germany.


Erlangen British  
/ ˈɛrlaŋən /

noun

  1. a town in central Germany, in Bavaria: university (1743). Pop: 102 449 (2003 est)

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For a time, he kept his prize at Ferris Barracks in Erlangen, the former German military base just north of the city that housed American occupation forces after the war.

From Slate Mar. 16, 2024

Designed by Peter Dietz at Siemens in Erlangen, Germany, the "Impulse" gradient has 10 times the performance of gradient systems in current 7T scanners.

From Science Daily Nov. 27, 2023

After the war, he quickly earned his high school diploma and went on to study literature and philosophy at universities in Freiburg, Hamburg, Paris and Erlangen, where he earned a doctorate in philosophy in 1955.

From New York Times Dec. 2, 2022

I spent 22 years in the Army and was stationed at places such as Baumholder, Erlangen and Ansbach, and never once wondered why they weren’t named after a person.

From Washington Post Jun. 23, 2020

He was educated at the “elector’s school” of Meissen, and studied medicine at Leipzig and Vienna, taking the degree of M.D. at Erlangen in 1779.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various

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