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Definition of Berlin

1. Noun. Capital of Germany located in eastern Germany.

2. Noun. United States songwriter (born in Russia) who wrote more than 1500 songs and several musical comedies (1888-1989).

3. Noun. A limousine with a glass partition between the front and back seats.

Definition of Berlin

1. n. A four-wheeled carriage, having a sheltered seat behind the body and separate from it, invented in the 17th century, at Berlin.

Definition of Berlin

1. Proper noun. The capital city of Germany. ¹

2. Proper noun. One of the component states of Germany according to the current administrative division of the nation. ¹

3. Proper noun. Any of a number of cities and towns in the United States, of which the largest are Berlin, Connecticut, and Berlin, New Hampshire. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Berlin

1. a type of carriage [n -S] - See also: carriage

Lexicographical Neighbors of Berlin

berimbau berimbaus berime berimed berimes beriming berine beringed berisp berk

berkelium berkeliums berks berley berleys berlin berline berlines berlingot berlingots

berlinite berlins berloque dermatitis berm bermanite berme bermed bermes berming berms

Literary usage of Berlin

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

1. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1909)
"Berlin. 1895. Heft 7. Die Tätigkeit der Deutschen Artillerie in der ... Berlin. 1899. Parliamentary Papers respecting the War between France and Germany. ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1903)
"For human anatomy there comes Waldeyer of Berlin; for comparative anatomy, Fuerbringer of Heidelberg; for embryology, Hertwig of Berlin ; for physiology, ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"Speakers: Professor Felix Marchand, University of Leipzig; Professor Johannes Orth, University of Berlin. Section d, Therapeutics and Pharmacology. ..."

4. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1876)
"Langenscheid, Berlin. Lesimple, Adolf, Mentz. Leipziger Zeitung, Leipsic. ... Publishing House, С. G., Berlin. Mayer, Eduard Heinrich, Cologne and Leipsic. ..."

5. Northern Germany: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1884)
"The Napoleonic disasters by which Berlin was overtaken during the reign of ... The battles of Jena and Auerstädt, and the occupation of Berlin by the French ..."

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