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Preussen

(ˈprɔysən)

(Placename) the German name for Prussia

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Prus•sia

(ˈprʌʃ ə)

n.

a former state in N Europe: became a military power in the 18th century and in 1871 led the formation of the German empire; formally abolished as an administrative unit in 1947. German, Preussen. Compare East Prussia, West Prussia.

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Preussen - a former kingdom in north-central Europe including present-day northern Germany and northern Poland; "in the 19th century Prussia led the economic and political unification of the German states"

Prussia

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

Brandenburg - the territory of an Elector (of the Holy Roman Empire) that expanded to become the kingdom of Prussia in 1701

Poland, Polska, Republic of Poland - a republic in central Europe; the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 started World War II

Prussian - a German inhabitant of Prussia

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Meanwhile the Vogel-stern and Preussen, each with half a dozen drachenflieger in tow, went full speed ahead and then dropped through the clouds, perhaps five miles ahead of the Americans.

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Bis 1742 gehorte die Provinz zum katholischen Gebiet der Habsburger und ging anschliessend ans protestantische Preussen. Zisterzienserkloster waren die Stutze der katholischen Kirche in umstrittenen Gebieten und wahrend der Religionskriege.

THE CISTERCIAN MUSICAL PRACTICE IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY SILESIA IN LIGHT OF SURVIVING MUSICAL AND ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS

After his playing days, Trautmann managed Stockport County before returning to his native Germany in 1967 to coach Preussen Munster.

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Creating, JD'S Chili Parlor, Lessi B's Pie Candles, Lisa's Weihnachtsbrotle, Love and Daisies, My Emergency Room 24/7, New Braunfels Conservation Society, Off Rhodes Craft Beer Station, Pavlock's Kitchen & Culinary Goods, Pinks Popcorn, Pops of Whimsy, Preussen Studios, Princess and the Monkey, Staged Rock Jewelry, Texas PO Boy's, The Dream Corner, The Madison Chocolatiers West, The Rusty Remedy, Urban Soap Bar, Uwe's Bakery & Deli, Valeo Chiropractic, Water 2 Wine of New Braunfels, We Be JAM'N, West Custom Knives, Wicked Woods Jewelry, Face painting and Henna tattoos by Blue Fire Designs, Bungee Trampolines and a Rock Climbing Wall by Climb Mt.

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Brigid von Preussen is a Junior Research Fellow at Christ Church, University of Oxford.

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Die Verwaltung des Ordensstaates Preussen vornehmlich im 15.

KALA TAHTSUSEST KAUBANDUSES, MAJANDUSES JA TOIDUMENUUS 13.-16. SAJANDI EESTIS / ON THE IMPORTANCE OF FISH TO TRADE, ECONOMY AND DAILY MENU IN ESTONIA IN THE 13TH TO 16TH CENTURIES

Anteriormente, Droysen se detivera sobre esse tema nos tres ensaios do periodo de Kiel: Die politische Stellung Preussens (1845), Die attische Communalverfassung (1847) e Preussen und das System der Grossmachte (1849).

Prussianism and the primacy of foreign policies in the political thinking of Droysen/O prussianismo e a primazia da politica externa no pensamento politico de Droysen

(9.) Adalbert [Prinz von Preussen], Denkschrift uber die Bildung einer deutschen Kriegsflotte (Potsdam, Ger.: 1848); reproduced in Jorg Duppler, Prinz Adalbert von Preussen: Grunder der deutschen Marine (Herford, F.R.G.: E.

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Prinz von Preussen Capital Ltd , a company run by Meisterhans, is the leader of the Silk Road Plovdiv Airport (DZZD) consortium, one of the three bidders, Capital.bg said, citing the website of Bulgaria's ministry of transport .