Marburg

[ mahr-boork; English mahr-burg ]

/ ˈmɑr bʊərk; English ˈmɑr bɜrg /

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noun

a city in central Germany.

German name of Maribor.

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How to use Marburg in a sentence

About the first character to come down with Marburg virus, he writes, maybe he was walking home, maybe he looked at the sunset.
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Accordingly, from all parts of Germany, prayers and anxious looks were directed towards Marburg.
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Among the Marburg professors sat the Frenchman Lambert; his tall and spare frame was violently agitated.
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The contagion that had suddenly broken out in Marburg was creating frightful ravages, and filled everybody with alarm.
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The evangelical divines at Marburg marked with one accord their separation from the Papacy.
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After the Marburg conference, the controversy became more moderate.
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British Dictionary definitions for Marburg

Marburg

/ (ˈmɑːˌbɜːɡ, German ˈmaːrbʊrk) /

noun

a city in W central Germany, in Hesse: famous for the religious debate between Luther and Zwingli in 1529; Europe's first Protestant university (1527). Pop: 78 511 (2003 est)

the German name for Maribor

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