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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a city in Northwest Turkey; a Thracian town that was rebuilt and renamed by the Roman emperor Hadrian.
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- noun a city in northwestern Turkey; a Thracian town that was rebuilt and renamed by the Roman Emperor Hadrian
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Examples
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They realize nowadays that Adrianople is the first step towards Constantinople, and that when Adrianople is taken, Constantinople every moment is in great danger.
Turkey 1913
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It is possible that I shall stay a day or two at Adrianople, which is half way.
George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends Clement King Shorter 1891
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Servant in this city which is called Adrianople certain of this community enquired concerning the meaning of ‘victory.’
A Traveler’s Narrative 1844-1921 `Abdu'l-Bah�� 1882
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They are seldom found in large numbers at any great distance from the sea, and usually congregate in the principal towns and commercial centres, such as Adrianople, Constantza, Varna and
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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Valens lay dead on the field of Adrianople, and Fritigern the Goth had the only organized body of troops between the Huns and Rome.
superversive: Gondor, Byzantium, and Feudalism superversive 2010
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At last their leader Fritigern met a huge Roman army in battle outside Adrianople.
superversive: Gondor, Byzantium, and Feudalism superversive 2010
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His description of the Greek refugees retreating after a Turkish victory—"Minarets stuck up in the rain out of Adrianople across the mud flats"—appeared in his first and best book of stories, "In Our Time" 1925.
Hemingway's Achievement Jeffrey Meyers 2011
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His description of the Greek refugees retreating after a Turkish victory—"Minarets stuck up in the rain out of Adrianople across the mud flats"—appeared in his first and best book of stories, "In Our Time" 1925.
Hemingway's Achievement Jeffrey Meyers 2011
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A generation after Adrianople, the Goths living in the Balkans, being cruelly mistreated by their Roman neighbours, rebelled; they did enormous damage to the country before the Eastern emperor paid them a huge bribe to go away.
superversive: Gondor, Byzantium, and Feudalism superversive 2010
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Near the town of Adrianople, now Edirne, Valens organized his forces in battle formations.
Gold coins of Emperor Valens found in Egypt : Coin Collecting News 2008
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