Berlin

//bəˈlɪn// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The capital and largest city of Germany. countable, uncountable

    "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. 2
    The German government. countable, metonymically, uncountable

    "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. 3
    A state of Germany containing the capital city. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A surname from German. countable, uncountable

    "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. 5
    A female given name from German. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A civil parish of the municipality of Seedorf, Segeberg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    The former name of Kitchener, a city in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A village in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A small town in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A place in the United States.; The former name of Genevra, an unincorporated community in Colusa County, California, United States. countable, uncountable
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    A place in the United States.; A town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. countable, uncountable
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    A place in the United States.; A small city in Colquitt County, Georgia, United States. countable, uncountable
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    A place in the United States.; A village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. countable, uncountable
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    A place in the United States.; A ghost town in Johnson Township, Clinton County, Indiana, United States. countable, uncountable
  10. 15
    A place in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Bourbon County, Kansas, United States. countable, uncountable
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    A place in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Bracken County, Kentucky, United States. countable, uncountable
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    A place in the United States.; A town in Worcester County, Maryland, United States. countable, uncountable
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    A place in the United States.; A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. countable, uncountable
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    A place in the United States.; A town in Worcester County, Mississippi, United States. countable, uncountable
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    A place in the United States.; The former name of Marne, an unincorporated community in Ottawa County, Michigan, United States. countable, uncountable
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    A place in the United States.; The former name of Otoe, a village in Otoe County, Nebraska, United States. countable, uncountable
  17. 22
    A place in the United States.; A ghost town in Nye County, Nevada, United States. countable, uncountable
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    A place in the United States.; A city in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States. countable, uncountable
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    A place in the United States.; A borough of Camden County, New Jersey, United States. countable, uncountable
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    A place in the United States.; A town in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. countable, uncountable
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    A place in the United States.; A tiny city in LaMoure County, North Dakota, United States. countable, uncountable
  22. 27
    A place in the United States.; An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Berlin Township, Holmes County, Ohio, United States. countable, uncountable
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    A place in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Florence Township, Williams County, Ohio, United States. countable, uncountable
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    A place in the United States.; A borough of Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. countable, uncountable
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    A place in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Tennessee, United States. countable, uncountable
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    A place in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Washington County, Texas, United States. countable, uncountable
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    A place in the United States.; A town in Washington County, Vermont, United States. countable, uncountable
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    A place in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States. countable, uncountable
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    A place in the United States.; A city in Green Lake County and Waushara County, Wisconsin, United States. countable, uncountable
  30. 35
    A place in the United States.; A town in Green Lake County, Wisconsin, United States, mostly surrounding the city of the same name. countable, uncountable
  31. 36
    A place in the United States.; A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. countable, uncountable
  32. 37
    Ellipsis of Berlin Township. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    Short for Berlin worsted abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable

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

  2. 2
    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 […]."

  3. 3
    a limousine with a glass partition between the front and back seats wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Berlin.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Berlin.

Etymology 3

From the name of the German capital city Berlin, where it was invented in the 17th century.

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