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Hohenlinden

American  
[hoh-uhn-lin-duhn] / ˌhoʊ ənˈlɪn dən /

noun

  1. a village in S Germany, in Bavaria, near Munich: French victory over the Austrians 1800.


Hohenlinden British  
/ hoːənˈlɪndən /

noun

  1. a village in S Germany, in Bavaria east of Munich: scene of the defeat of the Austrians by the French during the Napoleonic Wars (1800)

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Ulm, Ratisbon and Hohenlinden in the South German Basin were all sites of Napoleonic victories against the various coalitions of Austria, Russia and England.

From Time Magazine Archive

I remained six weeks at Finckmatt, and would probably have received the ball and chain, if we had not had to cross the Rhine to Hohenlinden.

From The Conscript A Story of the French war of 1813 by Erckmann-Chatrian

Illustration, from Campbell's Hohenlinden, of the Influence of the Imitative Faculty on the Imagination.

From Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human Race by Johnes, Arthur James

"They fought at Hohenlinden at night, and on the snow," answered Monty Scruggs.

From Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6) Si And Shorty, With Their Boy Recruits, Enter On The Atlanta Campaign by McElroy, John

The guests from Hohenlinden had departed from Foreland Farms; the family had retired.

From The Moonlit Way by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

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