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An⋅schluss

[ahn-shloos]
–noun
union, esp. the political union of Austria with Germany in 1938.

Origin:
1920–25; < G: consolidation, joining together, equiv. to an- on, to + Schluss a closing
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An·schluss   (än'shlŏŏs')   
n.  A political union, especially the one unifying Nazi Germany and Austria in 1938.

[German, annexation, from anschliessen, to enclose, annex : an, on (from Middle High German ane, from Old High German ana; see an- in Indo-European roots) + schliessen, to close (from Middle High German sliezen, from Old High German sliozan).]
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anschluss 
1924, from Ger., lit. "joining, union," from anschliessen "to join, annex," specifically the proposal to unite Germany and Austria, accomplished in 1938.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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