Berlin
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- proper noun
- /bɜrˈlɪn/
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Berlín
- The CIA didn't know the Berlin Wall was coming down until bricks started hitting them in the head.
- the Berlin Wall
- East Berlin
- museums in Berlin
And so it was the same formula they used in Berlin, right?
- And so it was the same formula they used in Berlin, right?
- OK, great, but Berlin's getting shut down for two weeks.
- The Puchists had gained control of Berlin without a shot being fired.
- Bro, Tesla shut down Giga Berlin for a week, actually two weeks.
- You know, we got to see the Berlin Wall come down.
- They left their careers in Heidelberg and Berlin and came to teach high school in Israel.
- This person studied or did their experience in Berlin this past summer.
- So we created a think tank which was called the Berlin Civil Society Center.
- Crisis and the Berlin crisis and things like that.
- Adenauer, the former mayor of Berlin, said the thick skin was a gift from God.
- So I'm literally just grabbing the Olympia Stadion Berlin Wikipedia page.
- I was in a car crash in Berlin maybe.
Examples
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And yet you come all the way back to Berlin to get it.
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The case goes to Amsterdam, then to Berlin, then you bring it back here to me.
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-I would love for you to come see my new show before I have to head off to Berlin for a studio visit.
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This person studied or did their experience in Berlin this past summer.
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In the lovely hill country south of Berlin.
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For half a century, the city of West Berlin was something of an ecological island.
Fiction book (1990) -
If you're staying in Berlin, you can sleep at my house.
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And he gets a chance to go to Berlin through the Constitute Francais.
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Yet it is precisely in Germany that Berlin's work should attract special interest.
Academic text (1999) -
Many tourists visit Berlin each year to explore its famous landmarks and museums.
Compounds
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5.1
The western part of Berlin controlled by the United States, Britain, and France until 1990
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A 1948–49 effort by Western countries to send food and fuel to West Berlin by plane
Surface Forms
Etymology
Berlin probably comes from a Slavic root like berl or birl meaning 'swamp', because the city grew on low, wet land. One popular story links Berlin to the animal bear, and you can see a bear on the city's coat of arms, so a helpful way to remember Berlin is to imagine a bear in the marsh.