Berlin

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Ber·lin

(bûr-lĭn′)

The capital and largest city of Germany, in the northeast part of the country. Founded in the 13th century, it was the capital of the kingdom of Prussia from 1701 and the capital of the German Empire (1871-1918), the Weimar Republic (1919-1933), and the Third Reich (1933-1945). The city was divided between 1945 and 1990 into East Berlin and West Berlin, which division grew out of the zones of occupation established at the end of World War II. The Berlin Wall, a wire and concrete barrier, was erected by the East German government in August 1961 and dismantled in November 1989.

ber·lin

or ber·line (bər-lĭn′)

A four-wheeled closed carriage with an exposed seat to the rear.

[After BerlinGermany.]

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Berlin

(bɜːˈlɪn; German bɛrˈliːn)

(Placename) the capital of Germany (1871–1945 and from 1990), formerly divided (1945–90) into the eastern sector, capital of East Germany, and the western sectors, which formed an exclave in East German territory closely affiliated with West Germany: a wall dividing the sectors was built in 1961 by the East German authorities to stop the flow of refugees from east to west; demolition of the wall began in 1989 and the city was formally reunited in 1990: formerly (1618–1871) the capital of Brandenburg and Prussia. Pop: 3 388 477 (2003 est)

Berlin

(bɜːˈlɪn)

1. (Biography) Irving. original name Israel Baline, 1888–1989, US composer and writer of lyrics, born in Russia. His musical comedies include Annie Get Your Gun (1946); his most popular song is White Christmas

2. (Biography) Sir Isaiah. 1909–97, British philosopher, born in Latvia, historian, and diplomat. His books include Historical Inevitability (1954) and The Magus of the North (1993)

berlin

(bəˈlɪn; ˈbɜːlɪn)

1. (Textiles) (sometimes capital) Also called: berlin wool a fine wool yarn used for tapestry work, etc

2. (Automotive Engineering) a four-wheeled two-seated covered carriage, popular in the 18th century

3. (Automotive Engineering) a limousine with a glass partition between the front and rear seats

Also called (for senses 2, 3): berline

[C18: named after Berlin]

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Ber•lin

(bərˈlɪn)

n.

1. Irving, 1888–1989, U.S. songwriter.

2. Isaiah, 1909–97, British philosopher and scholar, born in Russia.

3. the capital of Germany, in the NE part: constitutes a state. 3,472,009; 341 sq. mi. (883 sq. km). Formerly (1948–90) divided into a western zone (West Berlin), a part of West Germany; and an eastern zone (East Berlin), the capital of East Germany.

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Noun	1.	Berlin - capital of Germany located in eastern Germany German capital Deutschland, FRG, Germany, Federal Republic of Germany - a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990 West Berlin - the part of Berlin under United States and British and French control until 1989 Berliner - an inhabitant of Berlin
	2.	Berlin - United States songwriter (born in Russia) who wrote more than 1500 songs and several musical comedies (1888-1989) Irving Berlin, Israel Baline
	3.	berlin - a limousine with a glass partition between the front and back seats limo, limousine - large luxurious car; usually driven by a chauffeur

Translations

Berlin

Berlin

[bɜːˈlɪn]

A. N → Berlín m
East/West Berlin → Berlín Este/Oeste

B. CPD → berlinés
the Berlin Wall N → el Muro de Berlín

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Berlin

[bɜː^rˈlɪn] n → Berlin
East Berlin → Berlin Est
West Berlin → Berlin OuestBerlin Wall n
the Berlin Wall → le mur de Berlin

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Berlin

n → Berlin nt; the Berlin Wall → die Mauer

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

Berlin

[bɜːˈlɪn] n → Berlino f
East/West Berlin → Berlino est/ovest

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Petersburg and Berlin, and then back to Berlin again.

Hamilton Fynes was just after his return from Berlin. He intrusted me then with a very important mission.

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Some, such as those of Paris, Petersburg, Berlin, Stockholm, Hamburg, Malta, Lisbon, Benares, Madras, and others, transmitted their good wishes; the rest maintained a prudent silence, quietly awaiting the result.

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"I have summoned Saxe Leinitzer to Berlin," he said.

"I have private intelligence from Berlin," Saxe Leinitzer answered.

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"The Berlin cabinet cannot express a feeling of alliance," began Hippolyte gazing round with importance at the others, "without expressing...

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Perhaps even now they were destroying Berlin or Paris, or it might be they had gone northward.

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To them he was no more than a beach-comber in constant need of money, remarkable only for the peculiarity that he painted pictures which seemed to them absurd; and it was not till he had been dead for some years and agents came from the dealers in Paris and Berlin to look for any pictures which might still remain on the island, that they had any idea that among them had dwelt a man of consequence.

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One of our consuls told me that a portier of a great Berlin hotel paid five thousand dollars a year for his position, and yet cleared six thousand dollars for himself.

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We were seized for the debts occasioned by their illness and their funerals, and placed among the attractions of a cheap museum in Berlin to earn the liquidation money.

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I fancied myself at Berlin, Unter den Linden, and I reflected that, having taken the serious step of visiting the head-quarters of the Gallic genius, I should try and project myself; as much as possible, into the circumstances which are in part the consequence and in part the cause of its irrepressible activity.

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Philip's uncle had an old friend, called Miss Wilkinson, who lived in Berlin. She was the daughter of a clergyman, and it was with her father, the rector of a village in Lincolnshire, that Mr.