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Göttingen

American  
[gœt-ing-uhn] / ˈgœt ɪŋ ən /

noun

  1. a city in central Germany.


Göttingen British  
/ ˈɡœtɪŋən /

noun

  1. a city in central Germany, in Lower Saxony: important member of the Hanseatic League (14th century); university, founded in 1734 by George II of England. Pop: 122 883 (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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The international research team was led by Curtin's Timescales of Mineral Systems Group at the School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, working with collaborators from the University of Göttingen and the University of Cologne.

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2026

The team surveyed bee communities in 19 mainly disused quarries in the Göttingen region using hand-held nets.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2024

“It is important to take care of these critters in particular because we know so little about them,” said Ina Schaefer, a soil invertebrate ecology researcher at the University of Göttingen in Germany.

From New York Times • May 24, 2024

An international research team led by the University of Göttingen has demonstrated experimentally that electrons in naturally occurring double-layer graphene move like particles without any mass, in the same way that light travels.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2024

In 1866 the Curators lent manuscripts to the University Library of Göttingen; and in 1868, Jan. 31, 'it was resolved to lend MS.

From Remarks on the practice and policy of lending Bodleian printed books and manuscripts by Chandler, Henry W.

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