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Wallenstein

[ wol-uhn-stahyn; for 1 also German vahl-uhn-shtahyn ]
/ ˈwɒl ənˌstaɪn; for 1 also German ˈvɑl ənˌʃtaɪn /

noun

Also Waldstein. Al·brecht Wen·zel Eu·se·bi·us von [ahl-brekht -ven-tsuhl oi-zey-bee-oos fuhn], /ˈɑl brɛxt ˈvɛn tsəl ɔɪˈzeɪ biˌʊs fən/, Duke of Fried·land [freed-land, -luhnd; German freet-lahnt], /ˈfridˌlænd, -lənd; German ˈfritˌlɑnt/, 1583–1634, Austrian general in the Thirty Years' War, born in Bohemia.
Alfred, 1898–1983, U.S. cellist and conductor.

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Words nearby Wallenstein

walled, walled plain, Wallenberg, Wallenda, Wallensis, Wallenstein, Waller, wallerian degeneration, wallet, walleye, walleyed
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Wallenstein

Waldstein

/ (German ˈvalənʃtain) /

noun

Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von (ˈalbrɛçt ˈvɛntsəl ɔyˈzeːbiʊs fɔn), duke of Friedland and Mecklenburg, prince of Sagan. 1583–1634, German general and statesman, born in Bohemia. As leader of the Hapsburg forces in the Thirty Years' War he won many successes until his defeat at Lützen (1632) by Gustavus Adolphus
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