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Dres·den

(drĕz′dən)

A city of east-central Germany on the Elbe River east-southeast of Leipzig. An industrial and cultural center, it was severely damaged in bombing raids during World War II.

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Dresden

(ˈdrɛzdən)

(Placename) an industrial city in SE Germany, the capital of Saxony on the River Elbe: it was severely damaged in the Seven Years' War (1760); the baroque city was almost totally destroyed in World War II by Allied bombing (1945). Pop: 483 632 (2003 est)

adj

(Ceramics) relating to, designating, or made of Dresden china

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Dres•den

(ˈdrɛz dən)

n.

the capital of Saxony in E Germany, on the Elbe River. 518,057.

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Dresden - a city in southeastern Germany on the Elbe River; it was almost totally destroyed by British air raids in 1945

Deutschland, FRG, Germany, Federal Republic of Germany - a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990

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Dresden

Drezno

Dresden

[ˈdrezdən]

A. N → Dresde m

B. CPD Dresden china N → loza f de Dresde

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Dresden

n (also Dresden china) → ˜ Meißner Porzellan nt

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Dresden

[ˈdrɛzd/ən] n → Dresda

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