Essen

American  

[es-uhn] / ˈɛs ən /

noun

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

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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)

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Example Sentences

Its decision was criticised by both the Belgian and German governments and days later Belgian Prime Minister Bart de Wever attended a Munich Philharmonic concert with Lahav Shani conducting in the German city of Essen.

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She then managed to hide on a local farm near Essen until the end of World War Two, allowing her to flee to the UK aged 16.

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Charlotte von Essen, the head of Sapo, said there was a "tangible risk that the security situation can deteriorate further" in a way that may be hard to predict.

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Beyond airports, Verdi has also called for strikes in waste collection across several German cities, including Berlin, Essen and Kiel, where bins have gone unemptied since last week.

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Earlier this year the BBC investigated the German connection to small boat crossings in the Channel with people smugglers operating in the west German city of Essen.

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