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Osnabrück

American  
[oz-nuh-brook, aws-nah-bryk] / ˈɒz nəˌbrʊk, ˌɔs nɑˈbrük /

noun

  1. a city in Lower Saxony, in NW Germany.


Osnabrück British  
/ ɔsnaˈbryk /

noun

  1. an industrial city in NW Germany, in Lower Saxony: a member of the Hanseatic League in the Middle Ages; one of the treaties comprising the Peace of Westphalia (1648) was signed here. Pop: 165 517 (2003 est)

"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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Hertha Berlin and Osnabrück supporters had the same banners in Berlin, where both sets of fans stayed silent early on.

From Washington Times Dec. 16, 2023

He was mayor of the northern German town of Osnabrück for nearly seven years before his appointment as state interior minister in 2013.

From New York Times Jan. 17, 2023

Born in Osnabrück, Germany, Otto-Knapp grew up on a dairy farm, which led to her deep interest in the natural world.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 9, 2022

A main focus of the operation was the city of Osnabrück, which police say was one of the hubs of the operation.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2022

Of course the prisoners described the new camp in these letters, and as the place was bad from every point of view, the contents of these epistles were not liked by the censors at Osnabrück.

From 13 Days The Chronicle of an Escape from a German Prison by Caunter, John Alan Lyde

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