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  munster

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  muenster.
• Munster
  Munster

  noun

  a province in SW Republic of Ireland. 9,316 sq. mi. (24,130 sq. km).
• Münster
  Münster

  noun

  a city in NW Germany: treaty of Westphalia 1648.
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  münster

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  a variant of muenster

munster

¹ American  

[muhn-ster, moon-] / ˈmʌn stər, ˈmʊn- /

noun

(often initial capital letter)

1. muenster.

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Munster ² American  

[muhn-ster] / ˈmʌn stər /

noun

1. a province in SW Republic of Ireland. 9,316 sq. mi. (24,130 sq. km).

2. a town in NW Indiana.

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Münster ³ American  

[myn-stuhr] / ˈmün stər /

noun

1. a city in NW Germany: treaty of Westphalia 1648.

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Munster ¹ British  

/ ˈmʌnstə /

noun

1. a province of SW Republic of Ireland: the largest of the four provinces and historically a kingdom; consists of the counties of Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, and Waterford. Capital: Cork. Pop: 1 100 614 (2002). Area: 24 125 sq km (9315 sq miles)

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Münster ² British  

/ ˈmynstər /

noun

1. a city in NW Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia on the Dortmund-Ems Canal: one of the treaties comprising the Peace of Westphalia (1648) was signed here; became capital of Prussian Westphalia in 1815. Pop: 269 579 (2003 est)

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münster ³ British  

/ ˈmynstə /

noun

1. a variant of muenster

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At that time a cloister was called a munster.

From Pine Needles by Warner, Susan

Munster also said that investors are questioning how much of an impact high gas prices had on Tesla’s deliveries.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

“Tesla deliveries are the first sign we’re exiting the EV winter that started in March of 2024,” Munster wrote on X.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

Fuels for Ireland said that 100 garage forecourts had run out of fuel, mainly in Munster and the west of Ireland.

From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026

Munster added that that he expects a product announcement next year, followed by a 2028 release.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026

Munster is almost as far north and west as you can get and still be in Indiana.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven

The study, “Decomposing momentum: The forgotten component,” was conducted by three researchers at Germany’s University of Münster: Pascal Büsing, Hannes Mohrschladt and Susanne Siedhoff.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

Linnemann's legal case is against a different set of Caritas-run workshops near the city of Münster, so separate to those where Karla Bredenbals works.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

Covering this period, Mr. Overhoff, a professor of history at the University of Münster, perhaps relies too heavily on secondary sources, and repeats some of their misconceptions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026

Working together with British colleagues, Dr. Christian Vollmer from the Institute of Mineralogy at Münster University has examined one of these time capsules, and a very special one -- the Winchcombe meteorite.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 29, 2024

The new prophets are Joan d'Arc, Savonarola, and the Anabaptists of Münster.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 by Various