Zweig

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from German or Yiddish.

    "“This is a harsh but probably necessary strategy to re-establish control over an underregulated sector,” David Zweig, a professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, said of the death-sentence verdict. […] Mr. Zweig at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, however, says the sentences handed down recently are more aimed at the domestic audience, which is at the greatest risk of being harmed by counterfeit or substandard drugs made in China."

Example

More examples

"Stefan Zweig spent the last year of his life in the Brazilian city of Petrópolis."

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zweig.

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