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Wiesbaden

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Wies·ba·den  (vsbädn)
A city of west-central Germany on the Rhine River west of Frankfurt. Founded as a Celtic settlement in the third century b.c., it has been a noted spa since Roman times. Wiesbaden became a free imperial city c. a.d. 1242 and passed to Prussia in 1866. Population: 276,000.
Wiesbaden (German) [ˈviːsbaːdən]
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(Placename) a city in W Germany, capital of Hesse state: a spa resort since Roman times. Pop.: 268 200 (1999 est.) Latin name Aquae Mattiacorum [ˈækwiː ˌmætjəˈkəʊrəm]
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Noun1.WiesbadenWiesbaden - a city in western Germany; a spa since Roman times


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He read, too, that Count Beist was rumored to have left for Wiesbaden, and that one need have no more gray hair, and of the sale of a light carriage, and of a young person seeking a situation; but these items of information did not give him, as usual, a quiet, ironical gratification.
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