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Berlin

proper nounnouncommon in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//bəˈlɪn//
  • United Kingdom//bɜːˈlɪn//
  • United Kingdom//bɛə̯ˈlɪn//
  • United States//bɚˈlɪn//

The capital and largest city of Germany.

proper noun

  1. 1

    The capital and largest city of Germany.

    Ironically enough, it was the anti-war stirrings of Dada that bore out its most immediate influence, first in Switzerland and then post-war Berlin.

    The furious reaction in Germany after 200,000 protective masks destined for Berlin mysteriously went missing in Thailand and were allegedly redirected to the US is a case in point. There is no solid proof Trump approved the heist. But it’s the sort of thing he would do – or so people believe.

  2. 2

    The German government.

    The practical implication of this decision in the world of 1948 is clear: The United States would indeed support the veterans of the Vlasov Army, the eastern SS collaborators, and other groups that had permitted themselves to become pawns of Berlin during the war.

  3. 3

    A state of Germany containing the capital city.

  4. 4

    A surname from German.

    The family tree boasts an astonishing array of celebrated historical figures from the prophet Isaiah to Sir Isaiah Berlin, from Felix Mendelssohn to Karl Marx and Moses Montefiore. The list also includes Yehudi Menuhin, Helena Rubinstein, the Rothschilds and even Rosenstein himself.

  5. 5

    A female given name from German.

  6. 6

    A civil parish of the municipality of Seedorf, Segeberg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

  7. 7

    The former name of Kitchener, a city in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

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    A village in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.

  9. 9

    A small town in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa.

  10. 10

    A number of places in the United States: The former name of Genevra, an unincorporated community in Colusa County, California.

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    A number of places in the United States: A town in Hartford County, Connecticut.

  12. 12

    A number of places in the United States: A small city in Colquitt County, Georgia.

  13. 13

    A number of places in the United States: A village in Sangamon County, Illinois.

  14. 14

    A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Johnson Township, Clinton County, Indiana.

  15. 15

    A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Bourbon County, Kansas.

  16. 16

    A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Bracken County, Kentucky.

  17. 17

    A number of places in the United States: A town in Worcester County, Maryland.

  18. 18

    A number of places in the United States: A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.

  19. 19

    A number of places in the United States: The former name of Marne, an unincorporated community in Ottawa County, Michigan.

  20. 20

    A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Gentry County, Missouri.

  21. 21

    A number of places in the United States: The former name of Otoe, a village in Otoe County, Nebraska.

  22. 22

    A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Nye County, Nevada.

  23. 23

    A number of places in the United States: A city in Coos County, New Hampshire.

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    A number of places in the United States: A borough and township in Camden County, New Jersey.

  25. 25

    A number of places in the United States: A town in Rensselaer County, New York.

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    A number of places in the United States: A tiny city in LaMoure County, North Dakota.

  27. 27

    A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Berlin Township, Holmes County, Ohio.

  28. 28

    A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Florence Township, Williams County, Ohio.

  29. 29

    A number of places in the United States: A borough of Somerset County, Pennsylvania.

  30. 30

    A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Tennessee.

  31. 31

    A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Washington County, Texas.

  32. 32

    A number of places in the United States: A town in Washington County, Vermont.

  33. 33

    A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia.

  34. 34

    A number of places in the United States: A city in Green Lake County and Waushara County, Wisconsin.

  35. 35

    A number of places in the United States: A town in Green Lake County, Wisconsin, mostly surrounding the city of the same name.

  36. 36

    A number of places in the United States: A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin.

  37. 37

    Variant of Berlin TownshipEllipsis of Berlin Township.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Berlin.

noun

  1. 1

    Variant of Berlin worstedShort for Berlin worsted

    Are you not aware that the single worsted that Berlin is made of, is very different from that that is made into stockings?

    Berlin and other kinds of Lamb's Wool and Worsted of the finest colours and in the brightest shades; […]

    Fine mixed "Berlins" shoddy

Forms

plural
Berlins
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