[ahn-shloo
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| union, esp. the political union of Austria with Germany in 1938. |
| 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).] |