Schaumburg-Lippe

American  

[shoum-boork-lip-uh] / ˈʃaʊm bʊərkˈlɪp ə /

noun

1. a former state in NW Germany.

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Schaumburg-Lippe British  

/ ˈʃaumbʊrkˈlɪpə /

noun

1. a former state of NW Germany, between Westphalia and Hanover: part of Lower Saxony since 1946

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Example Sentences

“In comments sent to Newsweek, along with other publications including The Sun, Dr. Princess Antonia of Schaumburg-Lippe … suggested the interest should be taken as a compliment. ‘A purchase offer is a compliment for magical Greenland, as only desirable areas receive offers,’ she said.

From Washington Times

Her son, Prince Mario Max Schaumburg-Lippe, added: ‘I love Greenland and want the beloved citizens there to be happy. ‘Whatever they feel best and decide, needs to be supported,’ ” the news magazine reported.

From Washington Times

Delbr�ck in 1851 induced Hanover, Oldenburg and Schaumburg-Lippe to join the Zollverein; and the southern states, which had 953 agreed to admit Austria to the union, found themselves forced in 1853 to renew the old union, from which Austria was excluded.

From Project Gutenberg

The principal lakes are the Steinhuder Meer, about 4 m. long and 2 m. broad, and 20 fathoms deep, on the borders of Schaumburg-Lippe; the D�mmersee, on the borders of Oldenburg, about 12 m. in circuit; the lakes of Bederkesa and some others in the moorlands of the north; the Seeburger See, near Duderstadt; and the Oderteich, in the Harz, 2100 ft. above the level of the sea.

From Project Gutenberg

Of his daughters, the princess Charlotte was married to Bernard, hereditary prince of Meiningen; the princess Victoria to Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe; the princess Sophie to the duke of Sparta, crown prince of Greece; and the princess Margaretha to Prince Friedrich Karl of Hesse.

From Project Gutenberg