Halle

Hal·le  (häl)

A city of central Germany on the Saale River west-northwest of Leipzig. First mentioned in the ninth century, it was an important member of the Hanseatic League in the Middle Ages. Population: 236,000.

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Hal·le  (hl), Morris Born 1923.

Latvian-born American linguist whose works include The Sound Pattern of English (1968), a collaboration with Noam Chomsky.

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Halle (German) [ˈhalə]

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(Placename) a city in E central Germany, in Saxony-Anhalt, on the River Saale: early saltworks; a Hanseatic city in the late Middle Ages; university (1694). Pop.: 258 500 (1999 est.) Official name Halle an der Saale [an der ˈzaːlə]

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Halle - a city in the Saxony region of Germany on the Saale River; a member of the Hanseatic League during the 13th and 14th centuries Halle-an-der-Saale Hanseatic League - a commercial and defensive confederation of free cities in northern Germany and surrounding areas; formed in 1241 and most influential in the 14th century when it included over 100 towns and functioned as an independent political power; the last official assembly was held in 1669 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