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Liegnitz

American  
[leeg-nits] / ˈlig nɪts /

noun

  1. German name of Legnica.


Liegnitz British  
/ ˈliːɡnɪts /

noun

  1. the German name for Legnica

"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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A Von Braun fought the Mongols at Liegnitz in 1245, and the family's aristocracy was certified by the centuries.

From Time Magazine Archive

Heinrich, enormously fat, drunken, gluttonous Duke of Liegnitz, was a contemporary of England's Queen Elizabeth, but he never gave her a thought until his last legs were wobbly.

From Time Magazine Archive

But Jakob von Liegnitz is a chromatically variant equine, indeed.”

From Unwise Child by Garrett, Randall

Battle of Liegnitz; taking of Berlin; victory of Torgau.

From A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Taylor, Bayard

Dorothea, at length, fixed her affection on John Christian, Duke of Liegnitz and Brieg, who enjoyed a great reputation for virtue, ability, and integrity.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. by Various

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