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Solingen

American  
[zoh-ling-uhn] / ˈzoʊ lɪŋ ən /

noun

  1. a city in W Germany, in the Ruhr region.


Solingen British  
/ ˈzoːlɪŋən /

noun

  1. a city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia: a major European centre of the cutlery industry. Pop: 164 543 (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 suspect in the Solingen attack came to Germany in 2022 as a Syrian refugee.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2024

Kurzbach, mayor of the town of Solingen in the archdiocese, said he knows of several long-time parishioners who are leaving the church because they can no longer bear “the moral decay” in Cologne.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2022

Emergency responders in the city of Solingen rescued about 130 people.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 15, 2021

This shiny metal oyster knife made in Solingen, Germany, feels just right in your hand and has a "fin" on the handle to give you the torque you need to open even the toughest oysters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2015

He had worked there for three months many years ago; but it was remarkable how many things had happened to him or come under his notice in Solingen.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 by Various

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