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Pilsen

American  
[pil-zuhn] / ˈpɪl zən /

noun

  1. German name of Plzeň.


Pilsen British  
/ ˈpɪlzən /

noun

  1. the German name for Plzeň

"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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Felix Zepeda, meanwhile, took the Mexican flavors he knew and loved and applied them to bagels for Rosca in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, which he launched in 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal May 9, 2026

He described the Pilsen Food Pantry as “‘a lifeline for me…Our food budget doesn’t stretch as far as it used to.’”

From Salon Oct. 21, 2025

Alerts about raids are popping up regularly online as activist groups warn residents about sweeps in Latino-heavy neighborhoods like Cicero, Little Village and Pilsen.

From Barron's Oct. 11, 2025

As we talked a train trundled westwards over the river, heading to Prague's Smichov station, and from there onwards to Karlovy Vary, Pilsen or Germany.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2025

“I can’t tell my husband,” Mrs. Pilsen said.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

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