Oldenburg

[ ohl-duhn-burg; German ohl-duhn-boork ]

noun

1. Claes (Thu·re) [klous , toor, -, uh], 1929–2022, U.S. sculptor, born in Sweden.
2. a former state in northwestern Germany, now part of Lower Saxony.
3. a city in Lower Saxony in northwestern Germany: capital of the former state of Oldenburg.

Oldenburg

¹

/ ˈəʊldənˌbɜːɡ; ˈɔldənbʊrk /

noun

1. a city in NW Germany, in Lower Saxony: former capital of Oldenburg state. Pop: 158 340 (2003 est)
2. a former state of NW Germany: became part of Lower Saxony in 1946

Oldenburg

²

/ ˈəʊldənˌbɜːɡ /

noun

1. OldenburgClaes1929MUSSwedishARTS AND CRAFTS: sculptorARTS AND CRAFTS: artist Claes (klɔːs). born 1929, US pop sculptor and artist, born in Sweden

Example Sentences

Coosje [van Bruggen] and Claes [Oldenburg]…the Christos…us.

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Oldenburg, for example, started out much too alive to her presence as she filmed.

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Oldenburg just “being himself” is, in fact, Oldenburg as cast for a Tacita Dean production.

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Oldenburg is equally still in his portrait, titled “Manhattan Mouse Museum.”

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Hamelmann dates it in the year 990, when the then Count of Oldenburg was hunting in the forest of Bernefeuer.

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(p. 472) Oldenburg, proposal to include in North German Confederation, ii.

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He brought with him the offer of certain concessions with regard to Oldenburg in exchange for counter-concessions in Poland.

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The elector of Hesse and the dukes of Brunswick and Oldenburg returned to the thrones from which they had been driven.

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Visited Mr. Oldenburg, a close prisoner in the Tower, being suspected of writing intelligence.

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