Potsdam

[ pots-dam; for 1 also German pawts-dahm ]

/ ˈpɒts dæm; for 1 also German ˈpɔts dɑm /

noun

a city in and the capital of Brandenburg, in NE Germany, SW of Berlin: formerly the residence of German emperors; wartime conference July–August 1945 of Truman, Stalin, Churchill, and later, Attlee.

a town in N New York.

Definition for potsdam (2 of 2)

Brandenburg

[ bran-duh n-burg; German brahn-duh n-boo rk ]

/ ˈbræn dənˌbɜrg; German ˈbrɑn dənˌbʊərk /

noun

a state in NE central Germany. 10,039 sq. mi. (26,000 sq. km). Capital: Potsdam.

a city in NE Germany.

Related forms

Bran·den·burg·er, noun

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Examples from the Web for potsdam

We have always maintained that the German military route lay on a direct line to Potsdam.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, May 16, 1917.|Various
Might not the same intimation in 1914 have had a like effect upon the mad counsels of Potsdam?
The Evidence in the Case|James M. Beck
Determination of gravity at Leningrad by Russian scientists likewise has indicated that the 1906 Potsdam value is too high.
Smithsonian Institution - United States National Museum - Bulletin 240|Anonymous
Four days before he had dashed into my room at the Marmor Palace at Potsdam greatly excited.
The Secrets of Potsdam|William Le Queux

Voltaire, Collini with him and all his packages, sets out for Potsdam; King's guest once more.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XVI. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle

British Dictionary definitions for potsdam (1 of 2)

Potsdam

/ (ˈpɒtsdæm, German ˈpɔtsdam) /

noun

a city in Germany, the capital of Brandenburg on the Havel River: residence of Prussian kings and German emperors and scene of the Potsdam Conference of 1945, at which the main Allied powers agreed on a plan to occupy Germany at the end of the Second World War. Pop: 144 979 (2003 est)

British Dictionary definitions for potsdam (2 of 2)

Brandenburg

/ (ˈbrændənˌbɜːɡ, German ˈbrandənbʊrk) /

noun

a state in NE Germany, part of East Germany until 1990. A former electorate, it expanded under the Hohenzollerns to become the kingdom of Prussia (1701). The district east of the Oder River became Polish in 1945. Capital: Potsdam. Pop: 2 575 000 (2003 est). Area: 29 481 sq km (11 219 sq miles)

a city in NE Germany: former capital of the Prussian province of Brandenburg. Pop: 75 485 (2003 est)

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