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Siegen

American  
[zee-guhn] / ˈzi gən /

noun

  1. a city in North Rhine–Westphalia in W Germany, on the Sieg River.


Siegen British  
/ ˈsiːɡən /

noun

  1. a city in NW Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia: manufacturing centre; birthplace of Rubens. Pop: 107 768 (2003 est)

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Last summer, Göttingen in Lower Saxony and Siegen in North Rhine Westphalia allowed women to swim topless.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2023

Rubens was born in the predominantly Protestant town of Siegen, east of Cologne, Germany, one of several children of Maria Pypelinckx and Jan Rubens, a city official.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2021

“We have an exceptional situation,” said Isabelle Borucki, a political science professor who teaches at the University of Siegen.

From Washington Post • Sep. 25, 2021

“We need to make our built environment — buildings, outdoor spaces, cities — more resilient to climate change,” said Lamia Messari-Becker, a professor of engineering at the University of Siegen.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 16, 2021

He was born, 1557, in the Grafschaft Witgenstein; was a teacher of law in Herborn and Siegen from 1586, and Syndic in Emden from 1604 to his death in 1638.

From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Falckenberg, Richard

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