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Meissen

American  
[mahy-suhn] / ˈmaɪ sən /

noun

  1. a city in E central Germany, on the Elbe River: famous for fine porcelain.


Meissen British  
/ ˈmaisən /

noun

  1. a town in E Germany, in Saxony, in Dresden district on the River Elbe: famous for its porcelain (Dresden china), first made here in 1710. Pop: 28 640 (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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A rarely seen look at the lives of craftsmen behind Meissen porcelain, French Art Nouveau glass and more.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 28, 2025

The district of Meissen, near Dresden, reported almost 1,305 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the past week.

From Seattle Times Nov. 17, 2021

He was born in Meissen in Saxony on 29 July 1935, the son of a church cantor, and joined Dresden's famous Kreuzchor boys' choir at the age of eight.

From BBC Dec. 26, 2019

Jeff Koons’s immense, overexposed porcelain “Michael Jackson and Bubbles” benefits from its juxtaposition with an 18th-century Meissen set-piece “The Judgement of Paris.”

From New York Times Mar. 22, 2018

Not until 1707 did the German alchemist Johann Bottger, after lengthy experiments with processes and with mixing various minerals and clays together, hit upon the solution and established the now famous Meissen porcelain works.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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