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Ratisbon

American  
[rat-is-bon, -iz-] / ˈræt ɪsˌbɒn, -ɪz- /

noun

  1. Regensburg.


Ratisbon British  
/ ˈrætɪzˌbɒn /

noun

  1. the former English name for Regensburg

"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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In the best Ratisbon tradition, he came back, managed to land in Rightist territory with photographs intact, died still at the controls.

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Father Joseph's policy at Ratisbon bore its fruit in a famine that killed its tens of thousands.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was the only one of his staff who knew that captured Regensburg was the Ratisbon of Napoleonic fame.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ulm, Ratisbon and Hohenlinden in the South German Basin were all sites of Napoleonic victories against the various coalitions of Austria, Russia and England.

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Here he received an order from the Emperor, commanding him to march instantly against Ratisbon, and further, to send 6,000 of his best cavalry to the Spanish army.

From A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Bayard Taylor

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