Marburg
[mahr-boo rk; English mahr-burg] /ˈmɑr bʊərk; English ˈmɑr bɜrg/
noun
1.
a city in central Germany.
2.
German name of .
/ˈmɑːˌbɜːɡ; German ˈmaːrbʊrk/
noun
1.
a city in W central Germany, in Hesse: famous for the religious debate between Luther and Zwingli in 1529; Europe’s first Protestant university (1527). Pop: 78 511 (2003 est)
2.
the German name for Maribor
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