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Maribor

American  
[mahr-i-bawr] / ˈmɑr ɪˌbɔr /

noun

  1. a city in N Slovenia, on the Drava River.


Maribor British  
/ ˈmærɪbɔː /

noun

  1. German name: Marburg.  an industrial city in N Slovenia on the Drava River: a flourishing Hapsburg trading centre in the 13th century; resort. Pop: 110 668 (2002)

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Chelsea put six past Maribor on the same night, while Bayern Munich and Shakhtar Donetsk both scored seven times in respective wins over Roma and Belarusian side Bate Borisov.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025

Organizers of the two technical races wrote on the event’s website that FIS is giving the “green light for the competitions” to be held Jan. 8-9 — the same dates as originally planned in Maribor.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 31, 2021

World Cup in Maribor, Slovenia from May 2-3 postponed to Oct. 15-18.

From Washington Times • Jul. 13, 2020

Born six weeks apart in 1960 — Zverev in the Soviet Union and Lendl in Czechoslovakia — they played once as junior tennis players, in the semifinals of the European under-18 championships in Maribor, Yugoslavia.

From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2018

Lajnšić and Maister took no steps against the Bishop of Maribor who, three months after the Austrian collapse, celebrated a Mass in honour of the ex-Emperor.

From The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 by Baerlein, Henry

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