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Schaumburg-Lippe

American  
[shaum-boork-lip-uh] / ˈʃaʊm bʊərkˈlɪp ə /

noun

  1. a former state in NW Germany.


Schaumburg-Lippe British  
/ ˈʃaumbʊrkˈlɪpə /

noun

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

"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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But when presented to Victoria, eleven years after the death of her husband Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe, Alexander Subkoff seemed personable, a gentleman, an "interesting" young man of 27.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1927 he created an international scandal by marrying the Kaiser's sister, Princess Victoria of Schaumburg-Lippe, 61.

From Time Magazine Archive

These states vary in size from Prussia, with 134,616 square miles, to Bremen, with 99; and in population, from Prussia, with 40,163,333, to Schaumburg-Lippe, with 46,650.

From The Governments of Europe by Frederic Austin Ogg

The Schaumburg-Lippe body-physician, Faust,75 in a work published in the year 1791, strongly recommended that boys should not wear breeches.

From The Sexual Life of the Child by Eden Paul

One was signed Elizabeth, Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe, congratulating Paul and inviting him to stop at Wiesbaden.

From The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World by Paul Boyton

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