Potsdam
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- proper noun
- /ˈpɒtsdæm/
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Potsdam
- The historical significance of Potsdam lies in its role as the location of the pivotal conference where Allied leaders met after World War II.
- Potsdam Declaration
- Potsdam Proclamation
- Potsdam Conference
Of course, they also met at Tehran and Yalta and and Potsdam.
- Of course, they also met at Tehran and Yalta and and Potsdam.
- But but magnificent grand Edwardian Potsdam classical center.
- One of the best ones I know is Eric Mendelsohn, who was did the Einstein Tower in Potsdam.
Examples
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In July 1945, leaders like Churchill and Stalin gathered in Potsdam to discuss the post-war order in Europe.
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We have some small numbers of enemy troops in our hands, that is true, but I can assure you that, in this matter, as you know, my government will abide by the decisions of the Potsdam Conference.
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But the Potsdam peace conference in July will be President Truman's last chance to have that conversation.
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The celebration followed the official announcement that Japan had accepted the terms of Potsdam and surrendered.
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But on the 30th, Tokyo rejected the Potsdam ultimatum.
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The present political set-up in Germany is based on the agreements reached at Tehran, Yalta, and Potsdam.
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From 1882 until his death in 1907, Vogel was the director of the Potsdam Astrophysical Observatory.
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Leni Riefenstahl's recent exhibition at the Potsdam Filmmuseum had the largest attendance in that institution's history, and there were no untoward incidents.
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Mass demonstrations take place in cities throughout the GDR, including in Dresden, Leipzig, Potsdam, Plauen, and Jena.
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Biologist Anja Rummig works with a colleague on the Potsdam Institute's LPJmL model, which simulates vegetation responses to climate change.
Academic text (2011)
Compounds
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A 1945 meeting in Potsdam where leaders decided how to run Germany and Poland after the war
Surface Forms
Etymology
Potsdam comes from an old Slavic place-name, probably something like Poztupimi, which meant 'by the hill' or 'below the hill'. So the name Potsdam began as a simple description of the land and stayed as the city's name today.