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Lilienthal

American  
[lil-ee-uhn-thawl, lee-lee-uhn-tahl] / ˈlɪl i ənˌθɔl, ˈli li ənˌtɑl /

noun

  1. David E(ly), 1899–1981, U.S. public administrator.

  2. Otto 1848–96, German aeronautical engineer and inventor.


Lilienthal British  
/ ˈliːliəntaːl /

noun

  1. Otto (ˈɔto). 1848–96, German aeronautical engineer, a pioneer of glider design

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“It’s caused a great amount of uncertainty,” Lilienthal told Salon in a phone interview.

From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2025

We started in Anklam, a small German city whose claim to fame is native son Otto Lilienthal.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 7, 2021

Media puffery turned pointedly Presidential in the early months of 1939, prompting Lilienthal to write in his journals that Willkie had been “nominated by the magazines.”

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 10, 2018

The German filmmaker Peter Lilienthal is also present, and in his memoir “A Third Face,” Mr. Fuller writes that R. W. Fassbinder tried to talk his way into a part.

From New York Times ● May 13, 2016

“Grandmaster Lilienthal, this is Bobby Fischer,” said the person handling the introductions.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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