Berlin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəˈlɪn/
ipa: /bɜːˈlɪn/
ipa: /bɛə̯ˈlɪn/
ipa: [bɚˈlɪn]
rhymes: -ɪn
ipa: /ˈbɜː.lɪn/
ipa: /ˈbɝ.lɪn/
enpr: bûrʹlĭn
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)lɪn
Forms: form: Berlins
Etymology: Borrowed from German Berlin.
Senses: examples: text: 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.
ref: 2014 October 30, Ara Merjian, “How World War I gave birth to the modern”, in CNN:
glosses: The capital and largest city of Germany.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2014, Christopher Simpson, “three”, in Mark Crispin Miller, editor, Blowback: America’s Recruitment of Nazis and Its Destructive Impact on Our Domestic and Foreign Policy, New York: Open Road Media, →ISBN, page 79:
glosses: The German government.
glosses: A state of Germany containing the capital city.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2004 October 24, Bill Gladstone, “The oldest family in the world”, in Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
glosses: A surname from German.
glosses: A female given name from German.
glosses: A civil parish of the municipality of Seedorf, Segeberg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
glosses: The former name of Kitchener, a city in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
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The former name of Genevra, an unincorporated community in Colusa County, California, United States.
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A town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.
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A ghost town in Johnson Township, Clinton County, Indiana, United States.
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An unincorporated community in Bourbon County, Kansas, United States.
glosses: A place in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Bracken County, Kentucky, United States.
glosses: A place in the United States.
A town in Worcester County, Maryland, United States.
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A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.
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The former name of Marne, an unincorporated community in Ottawa County, Michigan, United States.
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The former name of Otoe, a village in Otoe County, Nebraska, United States.
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A ghost town in Nye County, Nevada, United States.
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A city in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States.
glosses: A place in the United States.
A borough of Camden County, New Jersey, United States.
glosses: A place in the United States.
A town in Rensselaer County, New York, United States.
glosses: A place in the United States.
A tiny city in LaMoure County, North Dakota, United States.
glosses: A place in the United States.
An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Berlin Township, Holmes County, Ohio, United States.
glosses: A place in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Florence Township, Williams County, Ohio, United States.
glosses: A place in the United States.
A borough of Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States.
glosses: A place in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Tennessee, United States.
glosses: A place in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Washington County, Texas, United States.
glosses: A place in the United States.
A town in Washington County, Vermont, United States.
glosses: A place in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States.
glosses: A place in the United States.
A city in Green Lake County and Waushara County, Wisconsin, United States.
glosses: A place in the United States.
A town in Green Lake County, Wisconsin, United States, mostly surrounding the city of the same name.
glosses: A place in the United States.
A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States.
glosses: Ellipsis of Berlin Township.
Derived terms: berlin
Berlin black
Berlin blue
Berliner
berliner
Berlinese
Berlin green
Berlin Heights
Berlinian
Berlin iron
Berlin School
Berlin shop
Berlin Time
Berlin Township
Berlin Wall
Berlin white
Berlin work
East Berlin
Little Berlin
New Berlin
West Berlin