Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A region and former duchy of southern Germany. Long an influential constituent of the Holy Roman Empire, Bavaria became a kingdom upon the dissolution of the empire (1806), before being incorporated into the new German Empire (1871).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun A state in southern Germany.
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- proper noun A historical region in Middle Europe.
- proper noun The
kingdom of Bavaria. - proper noun One of the component states of
Germany according to the current administrative division of thenation , which includes the historical Bavaria and parts ofSwabia andFranconia .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a state in southern Germany famous for its beer; site of an automobile factory
Etymologies
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Examples
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Bavaria NV, the Netherlands' second-largest brewer, said it won a legal battle against German producers who sought to prevent it from using trademarks with the name Bavaria for its Dutch beer in Italy.
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The German brewers will examine "very carefully" the way the name Bavaria is used by the Dutch brewer on labels and "may decide to take action," if it sees possible breaches of the ruling, said Koenig.
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The Bavarian brewers' association, established in the 1880s, has fought to stop the Dutch company selling beer with the name Bavaria.
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Most of the Nazis came from either Bavaria or Austria, and Nuremberg in Bavaria was the ideological heart of Nazism.
Matthew Yglesias » Goldberg: The Middle East Is Complicated and It’s All the Arabs’ Fault 2010
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Yeah, starting a Jewish homeland in Bavaria makes about as much sense as that one in Siberia.
Matthew Yglesias » Goldberg: The Middle East Is Complicated and It’s All the Arabs’ Fault 2010
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Prudence was made by a family firm in Bavaria and produces about 280 bottles a day using old-fashioned technology.
Best UK Newcomer 2010: Sipsmith distillers Carole Cadwalladr 2010
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The report noted young foreign ministry attaches were made to visit Dachau concentration camp in Bavaria as part of their training up until the outbreak of war in 1939.
Truth about German diplomats' collusion in Holocaust is revealed James Meikle 2010
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Yeah, starting a Jewish homeland in Bavaria makes about as much sense as that one in Siberia.
Matthew Yglesias » Goldberg: The Middle East Is Complicated and It’s All the Arabs’ Fault 2010
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Bamberg, in the Franconian part of Bavaria, is known for its Rauchbier (smoked beer).
Earth, wind and fire: tasting the terroir, Sonoma, 2008 | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010
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Why would the modern terrorist go through the trouble of attaching a silent cellphone to a bomb, when he could much more easily wire it to a tick-tock cuckoo clock from some gingerbread town in Bavaria?
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