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Nürnberg

American  
[nyrn-berk] / ˈnürnˌbɛrk /

noun

  1. German name of Nuremberg.


Nürnberg British  
/ ˈnyrnbɛrk /

noun

  1. the German name for Nuremberg

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Seven animal rights activists were arrested on Tuesday after they entered the Tiergarten Nürnberg zoo in protest against the decision.

From BBC • Jul. 29, 2025

It really was like something out of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.

From The Guardian • Dec. 15, 2019

The playful costumes by Gesine Völlm mostly suggest mid-19th-century European styles, riffs on what the citizens of Nürnberg would have worn in Wagner’s time.

From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2013

The strike was "pudding for the legs of the Nürnberg players," wrote Nürnberger Nachrichten, in a sense that it made them wobble.

From The Guardian • Apr. 22, 2013

The old town of Nürnberg was eminently picturesque, and was enriched with artistic works by the best men of the day.

From Rambles of an Archaeologist Among Old Books and in Old Places Being Papers on Art, in Relation to Archaeology, Painting, Art-Decoration, and Art-Manufacture by Fairholt, F. W. (Frederick William)

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