Pilsen

[pil-zuh n]

noun

German name of Plzeň.

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Contemporary Examples of pilsen

Alexai Galaviz-Budziszewski grew up in the Pilsen neighborhood on the south side of Chicago.
Book Bag: Gritty Essentials About the Windy City
Alexai Galaviz-Budziszewski
May 7, 2014

Historical Examples of pilsen

“I was in the ‘Prince of Pilsen,’” she informed Polly, confidentially.
Across the Mesa
Jarvis Hall
He did so, but it was at the head of an army, intending to surprise the duke in Pilsen.
The Thirty Years War, Complete
Friedrich Schiller
And what brought ye to Eger, when it was a wheen shorter by Pilsen?
The Mercenary
W. J. Eccott
The chronicle is remarkable as being the first Bohemian work that was printed (at Pilsen in 1468).
A History of Bohemian Literature
Count Ltzow
Then getting astride his horse he was out of Eger and a mile on the road to Pilsen in a very few more.
The Mercenary
W. J. Eccott

British Dictionary definitions for pilsen

Pilsen

noun

the German name for Plzeň

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