Brandenburg
a state in NE central Germany. 10,039 sq. mi. (26,000 sq. km).
Capital: Potsdam.
a city in NE Germany.
Contemporary Examples
Special Interest Money Has Upended Judicial Elections, Says New Report Eleanor Clift October 23, 2013
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In ISIS Speech, Obama Failed To Seize The Moment—Again Malcolm MacDougall September 11, 2014
Beatrice and Eugenie – The Mini Princesses Take Berlin Tom Sykes January 16, 2013
Historical Examples
Journal of a Horticultural Tour through Germany, Belgium, and part of France, in the Autumn of 1835 James Forbes
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Various
The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) John Holland Rose
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 Various
The Thirty Years’ War Samuel Rawson Gardiner
noun
a state in NE Germany, part of East Germany until 1990. A former electorate, it expanded under the Hohenzollerns to become the kingdom of Prussia (1701). The district east of the Oder River became Polish in 1945. Capital: Potsdam. Pop: 2 575 000 (2003 est). Area: 29 481 sq km (11 219 sq miles)
a city in NE Germany: former capital of the Prussian province of Brandenburg. Pop: 75 485 (2003 est)
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