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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of west-central Germany east-southeast of Düsseldorf. Chartered in 1374, it is noted for its cutlery.
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- noun a city in west central Germany noted for cutlery
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Pina (short for Philippine) was born nearby in Solingen in 1940, three years before the Battle of the Ruhr.
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Pina (short for Philippine) was born nearby in Solingen in 1940, three years before the Battle of the Ruhr.
Pina Bausch 2005
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Walter Scheel was born in Solingen, the capital of West Germany's cutlery industry, just a stone's throw from the giant blast furnaces of the Ruhr and adjacent to the teeming city of Cologne.
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Other plans include modernizing trademark systems both at EU and national levels—with proposals due to be presented in the course of this year—and creating a geographical indication rule, such as that used to protect champagne or certain types of cheese, for nonfood objects such as Carrara marble or Solingen knives.
EU Lays Out New Plans on Piracy, Music Rights Frances Robinson 2011
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Merkur Solingen adjustable Futur safety razor, $70, min. com
The Shorn Identity Christina binkley 2010
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On competitions: I remember, my first competition was a female competition in Germany [the Solingen Competition for women conductors], and I won first prize; and my professor was so proud of me, and he said, you have to go to the press office and announce your first prize.
Beat pattern Matthew Guerrieri 2009
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On competitions: I remember, my first competition was a female competition in Germany [the Solingen Competition for women conductors], and I won first prize; and my professor was so proud of me, and he said, you have to go to the press office and announce your first prize.
Archive 2009-04-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2009
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She tries unsuccessfully to convince Solingen what she found, but he writes her off as teenage mutant with no brains inside her head.
Marsbound-Joe Haldeman « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2008
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April 11, 2008 at 06: 54 AM very, very interested, though I'm struggling to firm up my return travel routing from Argentina at this point ... got a gorgeous chef's knife here, China-made (argh, so un-PC) by Solingen forged steel craftspeople -- I'll be yr 2nd cook & help with food logistics!
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We got on the train and left at Solingen and crossed the town to another station.
A new review of Lost in Translation... ewillett 2008
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