Graz
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- proper noun
- Chownitz had served as an army officer and taught in the Graz military academy before pursuing the literary career he had dreamed of since his youth.
- Graz, Austria
- Graz University
- Graz and Vienna
Examples
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G. Jungmeier and colleagues at the Institute of Energy Research in Graz, Austria, concluded that "greenhouse gases can be greatly reduced by replacing fossil with bioenergy systems."
Academic text (1999) -
Graz, Austria.
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My father was a police chief in Austria in a town called Graz.
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Is it too much to hope that I may be in Graz by then, dear Lotte?
Fiction book (2000) -
My first mission area is Graz, an 800-year-old city 3 hours south of Vienna.
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You're being transferred to Graz.
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Yet at Graz, he proved to be an extraordinarily facile and prolific scholar.
Academic text (1991) -
After Sister Jaeger's baptism in Graz, I returned to Salzburg with my new companion, Sister Kandis.
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After teaching in Göttingen and Erlangen, Stanzel was recalled to his alma mater, the University of Graz, in 1962, where he has been active ever since.
Academic text (2004) -
My father was a police chief in Austria in a town called Graz.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Graz comes from an old Slavic word Gradec meaning 'small castle' or 'little town'. That's why the name reminds us that Graz began as a small town built around a castle.