Braunschweig
German name of Brunswick.
Historical Examples
Heroes of the Telegraph J. Munro
Laurence Sterne in Germany Harvey Waterman Thayer
Laurence Sterne in Germany Harvey Waterman Thayer
Ossian in Germany Rudolf Tombo
The American Language Henry L. Mencken
The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality Rudolf Schmid
Heroes of the Telegraph J. Munro
Laurence Sterne in Germany Harvey Waterman Thayer
noun
the German name for Brunswick
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