Definition of Leipzig

1. Noun. A city in southeastern Germany famous for fairs; formerly a music and publishing center.


Definition of Leipzig

1. Proper noun. The largest city in Saxony, Germany ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leipzig

Leidig cell
Leidy
Leigh
Leigh's disease
Leigh Hunt
Leighton
Leila
Leilani
Leiner's disease
Leinster
Leiopelma
Leiopelmatidae
Leiophyllum
Leiophyllum buxifolium
Leipoa ocellata
Leipzig (current term)
Leipzig yellow
Leishman's chrome cells
Leishman's stain
Leishman-Donovan body
Leishman stain
Leishmania aethiopica
Leishmania braziliensis braziliensis
Leishmania braziliensis guyanensis
Leishmania braziliensis panamensis
Leishmania donovani archibaldi
Leishmania donovani chagasi
Leishmania donovani donovani
Leishmania donovani infantum
Leishmania furunculosa

Literary usage of Leipzig

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"On the conclusion of peace, he became Austrian consul-general for Saxony at Leipzig, and agent for Anhalt and Schwarzburg. He edited here the periodicals: ..."

2. The Concise Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen, George Smith, Harold F. Oxbury (1885)
"He died at Leipzig, 17 March 1505. He had been married to an Englishwoman ' of the illustrious family de May n,' who bore him two daughters and a son. ..."

3. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"During the Seven Years' War Frederick the Great exacted a heavy contribution from Leipzig, but this did not seriously interfere with its prosperity. ..."

4. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1906)
"The situation was completely changed by the simultaneous advance of two allied armies upon Leipzig, one from the north, the other from the south. ..."

5. Beethoven's Letters: A Critical Edition : with Explanatory Notes by Ludwig van Beethoven, Alfred Christlieb Kalischer, John South Shedlock (1909)
"To CAPELLMEISTER HOFMEISTER in Leipzig. Vienna, April 22,1801 . ... To BREITKOPF and HAERTEL, Leipzig. Vienna, November 13,1802 . 65 61. ..."

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