Munich

[myoo-nik]

noun

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

2. any dishonorable appeasement.

Munich

/ 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)

Munich

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

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.

Example Sentences

In September, at the IAA auto show in Munich, tastemakers got a first look at the Concept C, representing Audi’s next design language—fresh, futurist, aspirational, optimistic.

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In a briefing released last week, the authors noted that three types of tourist levy exist across the G7 primary cities – Paris, Munich, Milan, Toronto, New York, and Tokyo.

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Today, the term “Munich” still stands as a political and historical byword warning of the dangers of appeasement — of turning a blind eye to evil.

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The women shared a house in the suburb of Grünwald, just south of Munich,

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Founded in Berlin in 2023 and backed by several heavyweight investors, LAP now has 16 outlets in the capital and eight more in Hamburg and Munich.

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