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Pressburg

American  
[pres-boork] / ˈprɛsˌbʊərk /

noun

  1. German name of Bratislava.


Pressburg British  
/ ˈprɛsbʊrk /

noun

  1. the German name for Bratislava

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In 1805, the Peace of Pressburg handed Büsingen to the southern German kingdom of Württemberg.

From New York Times • May 15, 2012

At her palace in Pressburg, where he had been invited to fall in love with her daughter, the obstinate young man conceived a blind passion for Sophie Countess Chotek, a mere lady-in-waiting to Isabella.

From Time Magazine Archive

"It was in the vicinity of Pressburg, which is now a part of Czechoslovakia," said Lilienthal.

From Time Magazine Archive

David Eli Lilienthal was born in the little town of Morton, Ill., the son of Jewish immigrants from a village near the old Austro-Hungarian city of Pressburg.

From Time Magazine Archive

Joshua Wegelin, pastor in Augsburg and Pressburg, wrote, “Since Christ is gone to heaven, his home.”

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.

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