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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

What the Erlangen laser physicists succeeded in doing was demonstrated almost simultaneously by colleagues at Stanford University in the United States: Their results are currently under review, but can be viewed on a repository.

From Science Daily • Oct. 18, 2023

Lars Vogt, a sensitive, communicative pianist whose warmth as a collaborator made him an outstanding chamber musician and a conductor of growing stature, died on Monday at a clinic in Erlangen, Germany.

From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2022

In 2015, Peter Banzer of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light in Erlangen Germany tested Freund’s hypothesis that light could be twisted.

From Scientific American • Jan. 16, 2021

Alongside of him Thomasius of Erlangen, a.d. 1802-1875, wrought in a similar direction.—Keil, a.d. 1807-1888, from a.d.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.

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