Teutoburger Wald

American  

[toi-toh-boor-guhr vahlt] / ˈtɔɪ toʊˌbʊər gər ˈvɑlt /

noun

1. a chain of wooded hills in Germany, in Westphalia: Romans defeated by German tribes a.d.

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Teutoburger Wald British  

/ ˈtɔytobʊrɡər valt /

noun

1. a low wooded mountain range in N Germany: possible site of the annihilation of three Roman legions by Germans under Arminius in 9 _ad

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Example Sentences

From the time of Arminius who destroyed three Roman legions in the dense Teutoburger Wald, to Germany's present-day resurgence, the country has been painted, sculpted anc dissected in words by friend and foe alike.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is situated at the foot of the Teutoburger Wald, and consists of two portions, separated by the river Lutter, which were first united into one town in 1520.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

But this danger vanished forever on the day of the slaughter by the Teutoburger Wald, when the legions of Varus were broken by the rush of Hermann's wild warriors.

From The Winning of the West, Volume 1 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776 by Roosevelt, Theodore

It was to this branch of the German race that Varus lost his legions, at the place where the Ems has its source, at the foot of the Teutoburger Wald.

From Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View by Collier, Price

This had been prophesied by Tacitus, and Hermann in the Teutoburger Wald had shed his martyr's blood for it.

From Historical Miniatures by Strindberg, August