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Schwaben

American  
[shvah-buhn] / ˈʃvɑ bən /

noun

  1. German name of Swabia.


Schwaben British  
/ ˈʃvaːbən /

noun

  1. the German name for Swabia

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“There was a lot of emotions because it was our last game for our seniors,” Schwaben said.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2020

On the morning of what was supposed to be their second game, senior center John Schwaben texted a teammate about giving him a ride to the stadium.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2020

Passing these things, by some lane through the wire and clambering over the heaps of earth which were once the parapet, one enters the Schwaben, where so much life was spent.

From The Old Front Line by Masefield, John

Yet correspondents knew that readers at the breakfast table would be hungry for details about Combles, where the taking of the Schwaben Redoubt or Regina Trench, which were defended savagely, had no meaning.

From My Second Year of the War by Palmer, Frederick

In the region of Gueudecourt the British advanced their lines and beat off a furious attack made on the Schwaben Redoubt north of Thiepval on October 8, 1916.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources by Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)

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