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Ha·meln
(hä′məln) also Ham·e·lin (hăm′ə-lĭn, hăm′lĭn) A city of northern Germany on the Weser River southwest of Hanover. An ancient Saxon settlement, it is a manufacturing and tourist center famous as the setting for the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin.
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Hameln
(German ˈhaːməln)n
(Placename) an industrial town in N Germany, in Lower Saxony on the Weser River: famous for the legend of the Pied Piper (supposedly took place in 1284). Pop: 58 902 (2003 est). English name: Hamelin
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Ha•meln
(ˈhɑ məln)n.
a city in N central Germany, on the Weser River. 55,580.
English, Ham•e•lin. (ˈhæm ə lɪn) Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Noun | 1. | Hameln - a town in northern Germany (near Hanover) that is famous as the setting for the legend of the Pied Piper 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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