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Mannheim

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Mann·heim  (mnhm, män-)
A city of southwest Germany at the confluence of the Rhine and Neckar rivers north-northwest of Stuttgart. First mentioned in the 8th century, it was chartered in 1607 and became an important musical and theatrical center in the 18th century. Population: 308,000.
Mannheim [ˈmænhaɪm (German) ˈmanhaim]
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(Placename) a city in SW Germany, in Baden-Württemberg at the confluence of the Rhine and Neckar: one of Europe's largest inland harbours; a cultural and musical centre. Pop.: 308 400 (1999 est.)
Mannheim2
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(Biographies / Mannheim, Karl (1893-1947) M, Hungarian, SOCIAL SCIENCE: sociologist) Karl (karl). 1893-1947, Hungarian sociologist, living in Britain from 1933: author of Ideology and Utopia (1929) and Man and Society in an Age of Reconstruction (1941)
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Noun1.Mannheim - a city in southwestern Germany at the confluence of the Rhine and Neckar rivers
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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One day we took the train and went down to Mannheim to see "King Lear" played in German.
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He looked down upon the plain, a-quiver with the sun, stretching vastly before him: in the distance were the roofs of Mannheim and ever so far away the dimness of Worms.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
We stayed a day at Mannheim, and on the fifth from our departure from Strasbourg, arrived at Mainz.
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