Ratisbon

[ rat-is-bon, -iz- ]

/ ˈræt ɪsˌbɒn, -ɪz- /

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noun

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Words nearby Ratisbon

rational operation, rationing, rations, ratio scale, ratio test, Ratisbon, Rat Islands, ratite, rat-kangaroo, ratline, RATO

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How to use Ratisbon in a sentence

This question he now answered by selecting the valley of the Danube as his line of approach, and Ratisbon as his headquarters.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte|William Milligan Sloane
Meantime one of the Austrian divisions left in Bohemia had arrived at Ratisbon.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte|William Milligan Sloane
The Princess had brought them back with her when at the last Diet she visited Ratisbon with her brother.
Joan of the Sword Hand|S(amuel) R(utherford) Crockett
Wolken of Ratisbon, a convert to Roman Catholicism in the second half of the fifteenth century.
Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ|Rev. A. Bernstein, B.D.

From Ratisbon he went to Nuremberg, but as the legate had been recalled, Faber's work necessarily came to an end.
The Jesuits, 1534-1921|Thomas J. Campbell

British Dictionary definitions for Ratisbon

Ratisbon

/ (ˈrætɪzˌbɒn) /

noun

the former English name for Regensburg

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