Ruhr

American  

[roor] / rʊər /

noun

1. a river in W Germany, flowing NW and W into the Rhine. 144 miles (232 km) long.

2. a mining and industrial region centered in the valley of the Ruhr River.

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Ruhr British  

/ ruːr, rʊə /

noun

1. German name: Ruhrgebiet.  the chief coalmining and industrial region of Germany: in North Rhine-Westphalia around the valley of the River Ruhr (a tributary of the Rhine 235 km (146 miles) long)

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Example Sentences

The company’s hammer-and-pick logo recalls both the Soviet emblem and Ruhr mining firms, and its name, the legal designation for corporations in Germany, is so anonymous it seems almost authoritarian.

From New York Times

The boys, ages 9 and 10, were hit by the train in Recklinghausen, in the Ruhr industrial region, on Thursday evening.

From Seattle Times

They raided the man's Castrop-Rauxel residence, in the Ruhr region, where they found the "toxic substances".

From BBC

Before the Ruhr raids, Mr. Johnson took part in many Lancaster bombing attacks with McCarthy as his pilot.

From Washington Post

In the hours before dawn on May 17, 1943, airmen from Britain and its commonwealth carried out an audacious low-level raid on Germany’s industrial heartland, the Ruhr region.

From New York Times