Battenberg
name, noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Ellipsis of Battenberg cake. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of Battenberg (“Battenberg cake”). alt-of
"When the prince married Princess Victoria (Queen Victoria’s granddaughter), the battenberg was their wedding cake."
- 1 A surname from German, anglicized in 1917 as Mountbatten. countable
- 2 A small town in Waldeck-Frankenberg district, Hesse, Germany. countable, uncountable
"Incidentally, Anthony and I once visited the town of Battenberg, on a sort of pilgrimage. It's a pretty little spot in the Waldeck-Frankenberg state of Hesse, although no one is much interested in talking about cake there."
- 3 A town in Bad Dürkheim district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. countable, uncountable
Synonyms
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More examples"Incidentally, Anthony and I once visited the town of Battenberg, on a sort of pilgrimage. It's a pretty little spot in the Waldeck-Frankenberg state of Hesse, although no one is much interested in talking about cake there."
Etymology
From German Battenberg. The surname derives from the town in Hesse.
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