munster

¹ American  

[muhn-ster, moon-] / ˈmʌn stər, ˈmʊn- /

noun

(often initial capital letter)

1. muenster.

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Munster ² American  

[muhn-ster] / ˈmʌn stər /

noun

1. a province in SW Republic of Ireland. 9,316 sq. mi. (24,130 sq. km).

2. a town in NW Indiana.

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Münster ³ American  

[myn-stuhr] / ˈmün stər /

noun

1. a city in NW Germany: treaty of Westphalia 1648.

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Munster ¹ British  

/ ˈmʌnstə /

noun

1. a province of SW Republic of Ireland: the largest of the four provinces and historically a kingdom; consists of the counties of Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, and Waterford. Capital: Cork. Pop: 1 100 614 (2002). Area: 24 125 sq km (9315 sq miles)

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Münster ² British  

/ ˈmynstər /

noun

1. a city in NW Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia on the Dortmund-Ems Canal: one of the treaties comprising the Peace of Westphalia (1648) was signed here; became capital of Prussian Westphalia in 1815. Pop: 269 579 (2003 est)

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münster ³ British  

/ ˈmynstə /

noun

1. a variant of muenster

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Example Sentences

At that time a cloister was called a munster.

From Pine Needles by Warner, Susan