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Brunswick

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Bruns·wick  (brnzwk)
1. A region and former duchy of north-central Germany. Established in the 13th century, the duchy became independent in 1918 before joining the Weimar Republic.
2. also Braun·schweig (brounshvk) A city of north-central Germany east-southeast of Hanover. Reputedly founded in 861, it is an industrial and commercial center. Population: 245,000.
Brunswick [ˈbrʌnzwɪk]
n
1. (Placename) a former duchy (1635-1918) and state (1918-46) of central Germany, now part of the state of Lower Saxony; formerly (1949-90) part of West Germany
2. (Placename) a city in central Germany: formerly capital of the duchy and state of Brunswick. Pop.: 246 800 (1999 est.) German name Braunschweig
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Noun1.Brunswick - a university town in southwestern Maine
Maine, ME, Pine Tree State - a state in New England
2.Brunswick - a town in southeast Georgia near the Atlantic coast; a port of entry
3.Brunswick - a city in central Germany
Braunschweig
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
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I must just run to tell Miss Maxwell, for after I had packed up to-morrow I was going to Brunswick with her.
Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context
To the eyes of his matter-of-fact companions, the aspect of these coasts recalled rather the parceled-out land of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, and where the Frenchman discovered traces of the heroes of fable, these Americans were marking the most favorable points for the establishment of stores in the interests of lunar commerce and industry.
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Suffice it to say, that I believe the applications for loans, gifts, and offices of profit that I have been requested to forward to the originals of the BROTHERS CHEERYBLE (with whom I never interchanged any communication in my life) would have exhausted the combined patronage of all the Lord Chancellors since the accession of the House of Brunswick, and would have broken the Rest of the Bank of England.
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