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Uhland

American  
[oo-lahnt] / ˈuˌlɑnt /

noun

  1. Johann Ludwig 1787–1862, German poet and writer.


Uhland British  
/ ˈuːlant /

noun

  1. Johann Ludwig (joˈhan ˈluːtvɪç). 1787–1862, German romantic poet, esp of lyrics and ballads

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During a dinner near Lake Tahoe last year with North Face executives, she learned that Jacob Uhland, the company’s director of Latin America, was organizing a trip up Aconcagua for about 10 South American managers.

From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2010

Another pollster, Hermann Bausinger of the Ludwig Uhland Institute in Tübingen, detects "a great insecurity about where the future will lead us all."

From Time Magazine Archive

The work is dedicated to Uhland, and one might well doubt if anything exciting, thorough, or humanly compelling could be produced from those regions in which he is master.

From Atta Troll by Heine, Heinrich

In 1836 he made his earliest contributions to Blackwood's Magazine, in translations from Uhland; and from 1839 till his death he remained on the staff of Blackwood.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various

The poet has seen nature with his own eyes, heard her with his own mortal, bodily ears, and felt her presence, not vicariously through Milton, Uhland, Ariosto, but personally, her heart against his heart.

From Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) by Parker, Theodore