Baden-baden


a city in W Baden-Württemberg, in SW Germany: spa.
Contemporary Examples

At seventeen he left Baden-Baden to go to St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Hunting Down Aribert Heim, Egypt’s Hidden Nazi Nicholas Kulish, Souad Mekhennet March 23, 2014

Historical Examples

Remembering him in Baden-Baden in great magnificence, I wondered at his present denuded state.
Roundabout Papers William Makepeace Thackeray

There is no fainting there; he loses no seventeen-mark umbrella from Baden-Baden.
A Woman’s Will Anne Warner

We spent a day or two in farewell visits, and then left for Baden-Baden.
A Tramp Abroad, Complete Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

My aunt Rosine was at Baden-Baden, ruining the whole family with a new “system.”
My Double Life Sarah Bernhardt

His last-earned honour he did not enjoy for more than a year; for, on the 20th August, 1842, he died suddenly at Baden-Baden.
Cornish Worthies, Volume 2 (of 2) Walter H. Tregellas

However, our business in Baden-Baden this time, was to join our courier.
A Tramp Abroad, Complete Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

We stayed at Baden-Baden all summer and part of the fall, and then left for Paris.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. Various

I expected to find them still there, but they had left for Baden-Baden.
Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine – Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 Various

He wanted to visit Venice and Baden-Baden, and the great watering-places that had been recommended to him.
Jennie Gerhardt Theodore Dreiser

noun
a spa in SW Germany, in Baden-Württemberg. Pop: 53 938 (2003 est)

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