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Constance

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Con·stance  (knstns)
See Konstanz.
Constance, Lake of or Bo·den·see  (bdn-z)
An Alpine lake bordering on southern Germany, northern Switzerland, and western Austria.
Constance [ˈkɒnstəns]
n
1. (Placename) a city in S Germany, in Baden-Württemberg on Lake Constance: tourist centre. Pop.: 72 860 (latest est.) German name Konstanz
2. (Placename) Lake. a lake in W Europe, bounded by S Germany, W Austria, and N Switzerland, through which the Rhine flows. Area: 536 sq. km. (207 sq. miles) German name Bodensee
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Noun1.Constance - a lake in southeastern Germany on the northern side of the Swiss Alps; forms part of the Rhine River
Bodensee, Lake Constance
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
2.Constance - the council in 1414-1418 that succeeded in ending the Great Schism in the Roman Catholic Church
Council of Constance
council - (Christianity) an assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine
Translations
Constance [ˈkɒnstəns] N → Constanza


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As to the other King, he was really fond of his wife, Queen Constance, but he often grieved her by his thoughtless ways, and in order to punish him for his carelessness, the fairies caused her to die quite suddenly.
The Yellow Fairy Book by Lang, Andrew View in context
The destruction of Crispus, a young prince of rare towardness, by Constantinus the Great, his father, was in like manner fatal to his house; for both Constantinus and Constance, his sons, died violent deaths; and Constantius, his other son, did little better; who died indeed of sickness, but after that Julianus had taken arms against him.
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For the great airships with which Germany attacked New York in her last gigantic effort for world supremacy--before humanity realized that world supremacy was a dream--were the lineal descendants of the Zeppelin airship that flew over Lake Constance in 1906, and of the Lebaudy navigables that made their memorable excursions over Paris in 1907 and 1908.
The War in the Air by Wells, H.G. View in context
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