berlin

UK /bəˈlɪn/ US /bɚˈlɪn/
name 5noun 2

Definitions

name

1

The capital and largest city of Germany.

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.

2

The German government.

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.

3

A state of Germany containing the capital city.

4

A surname from German.

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.

5

A female given name from German.

noun

1

Short for Berlin worsted

Are you not aware that the single worsted that Berlin is made of, is very different from that that is made into stockings?

Berlin and other kinds of Lamb's Wool and Worsted of the finest colours and in the brightest shades; […]

noun

1

A four-wheeled carriage with a separate sheltered seat behind the body.

I was then giving some instructions about the forwarding my trunk, and was just going to mount my new purchase in the yard of the inn; when a berlin, apparently belonging to a foreigner of distinction, attended by three French or Swiss servants, drove to the door […].

I passed her in his berlin the other day, and just caught a glimpse of very pretty features, with an interesting and sad expression. I believe that she is his wife, because I always believe for the best.

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