Mün·ster (m n st r, m n-, mün-) A city of west-central Germany north-northeast of Cologne. Founded c. 800 as a Carolingian episcopal see, it was a prominent member of the Hanseatic League after the 14th century. Today it is an industrial center and a canal port. Population: 272,000. |
münster [ˈmynstə]
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(Cookery) a variant of muenster
Münster (German) [ˈmynstər]
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(Placename) a city in NW Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia on the Dortmund-Ems Canal: one of the treaties comprising the Peace of Westphalia (1648) was signed here; became capital of Prussian Westphalia in 1815. Pop.: 264 700 (1999 est.)
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