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Frankfort on the Main

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[meyn] / meɪn /

noun

  1. a city in W central Germany, on the Main River.


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Freight yards and oil depots at Mannheim were bombed 16 times, oil refineries and an aircraft factory at Frankfort on the Main twelve times, the Krupp works in Essen 16 times.

From Time Magazine Archive

Control, however, was assumed to rest at Frankfort on the Main.

From Time Magazine Archive

By nightfall, the R.A.F. crews were briefed and ready for a heavy followup, aimed mainly at Frankfort on the Main.

From Time Magazine Archive

On an early morning, more than 800 U.S. heavies attacked Frankfort on the Main.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1912 two more were ready, one at Frankfort on the Main, owned by the “DELAG,” and one at Potsdam, owned by Luftschiffbau-Zeppelin.

From Zeppelin The Story of a Great Achievement by Vissering, Harry

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