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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Reinsurer Munich Re offers a policy to cover errors by AI models with limits of up to $50 million, according to a spokesman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

This followed the conviction in 2016 of a junior BND worker who was sentenced by a Munich court to eight years in prison for selling information to the U.S. and offering to spy for Russia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

City also came from 2-0 down at Bayern Munich to draw their opening Champions League game and also came from behind to level 1-1 with Real Madrid.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

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

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

The Munich students weren’t stirred to action, as Sophie had wished.

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

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