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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RobCo was founded in 2020 by researchers from the Technical University of Munich, which is home to a robotics and machine intelligence institute.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Spire expanding in Munich does not necessarily mean it is retreating from Glasgow.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

In the tents erected in Munich for Oktoberfest, the atmosphere can be intoxicating enough without the alcohol.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Private industry is moving much more quickly, with the US company Waymo planning to launch robotaxis in Munich by late 2027.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

She wrote a book called The White Rose: Munich 1942–1943.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti