Munich

American  

[myoo-nik] / ˈmju nɪk /

noun

1. German München.  a city in and the capital of Bavaria, in SW Germany.

2. any dishonorable appeasement.

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Munich British  

/ ˈmjuːnɪk /

noun

1. German name: München.  a city in S Germany, capital of the state of Bavaria, on the Isar River: became capital of Bavaria in 1508; headquarters of the Nazi movement in the 1920s; a major financial, commercial, and manufacturing centre. Pop: 1 247 873 (2003 est)

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Munich Cultural  

1. Capital of Bavaria, located in southern Germany near the Bavarian Alps; a commercial, industrial, transportation, communications, and cultural center.

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The Munich Pact, drawn up in 1938, forced Czechoslovakia to give up territory to the Nazis.

During World War II, the Allies bombed much of the city. After the war, it was the largest city in the American occupation zone.

Munich was the scene of the Nazi party's rise to power; National Socialism (Nazism) was founded there in 1918, and Adolf Hitler led an attempted revolution in Munich in 1923, the Beer Hall Putsch.

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On the surface, Jackson's numbers at Bayern Munich last season compare favourably with those of Watkins at Villa.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

As part of the rebuild, Leon Goretzka completed his move on a free transfer to Villa on Thursday after leaving Bayern Munich at the end of last season.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Bavaria, of which Munich is the capital, is a traditional centre of Germany's car industry, home to BMW and numerous auto suppliers.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

So Parsons conducted an extensive global search before settling on Alexander Straus, who had won three straight Bundesliga titles with Bayern Munich.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

Herr Friedrick Thiessen receives an unexpected visitor in his Munich workshop, an Englishman by the name of Mr. Ethan Barris.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern