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Mainz
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Mainz  (mnts)
A city of west-central Germany at the confluence of the Rhine and Main rivers west-southwest of Frankfurt. Built on the site of a Roman camp founded in the 1st century b.c., it is an important industrial and commercial city. Johann Gutenberg established a printing industry here in the 15th century. Population: 196,000.
Mainz (German) [maints]
n
(Placename) a port in W Germany, capital of the Rhineland-Palatinate, at the confluence of the Main and Rhine: an archbishopric from about 780 until 1801; important in the 15th century for the development of printing (by Johann Gutenberg). Pop.: 185 600 (1999 est.) French name Mayence
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Mainz [maɪnts] N → Maguncia f
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