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Saarbrücken

American  
[zahr-brook-uhn, sahr-, zahr-bryk-uhn] / zɑrˈbrʊk ən, sɑr-, zɑrˈbrük ən /

noun

  1. a city in W Germany: the capital of the Saarland.


Saarbrücken British  
/ zaːrˈbrykən /

noun

  1. an industrial city in W Germany, capital of Saarland state, on the Saar River. Pop: 181 860 (2003 est)

"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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The property is in Erstroff, a small village less than an hour's drive from the German city of Saarbrücken.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2024

Department of Energy and the EU Commission have declared the cooling technology developed in Saarbrücken to be the most promising alternative to existing processes.

From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2024

The French defender is likely to miss games against Mainz, Galatasaray, Darmstadt and Saarbrücken.

From Washington Times • Oct. 11, 2023

Christian Thomas, 26, and his wife, Ksenia Thomas, 25, had driven 24 hours from Saarbrücken, Germany, which is more than 800 miles from Przemyśl.

From Washington Post • Feb. 27, 2022

They paired off and traveled by train to Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Vienna, Freiburg, Saarbrücken, Mannheim, and Karlsruhe, where they mailed the leaflets from undisclosed locations.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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