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Essen

American  
[es-uhn] / ˈɛs ən /

noun

  1. a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.


Essen British  
/ ˈɛsən /

noun

  1. a city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia: the leading administrative centre of the Ruhr; university. Pop: 589 499 (2003 est)

"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

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Evonik, a chemicals producer based in Essen, Germany, earlier Friday noted BASF’s non-binding approach.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Evonik, which is headquartered in the western city of Essen and makes a range of specialised chemicals, said the cuts were aimed at advancing the company's transformation.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

Sahar has already sent a video of an inflated dinghy which, he has suggested, is “new”, available and being kept in a warehouse in the Essen area.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2024

To explore these questions, researchers from the Social Brain Lab at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience and the University Hospital Essen conducted a large-scale analysis of studies exploring touch interventions.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 8, 2024

Jutta Wette teaches sixth-form algebra in Essen: integers, probability, parabolas.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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