[ber-lin, bur-lin] Pronunciation Key | 1. | a large, four-wheeled, closed carriage hung between two perches and having two interior seats. |
| 2. | Automotive. berline. |
| 3. | (sometimes initial capital letter) Berlin wool. |
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[ber-lin for 1–3; bur-lin for 4, 5; for 3 also Ger. ber-leen] Pronunciation Key | 1. | Irving, 1888–1989, U.S. songwriter. |
| 2. | Isaiah, 1909–97, English political philosopher and historian, born in Latvia. |
| 3. | the capital of Germany, in the NE part: constitutes a state. 3,121,000; 341 sq. mi. (883 sq. km.). Formerly (1948-90) divided into a western zone (West Berlin), a part of West Germany; and an eastern zone (East Berlin), the capital of East Germany. |
| 4. | a town in central Connecticut. 15,121. |
| 5. | a city in N New Hampshire. 13,084. |
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| ber·lin
(bər-lĭn') Pronunciation Key
n.
[After Berlin, Germany.] |
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| Ber·lin
(bûr-lĭn') Pronunciation Key
The capital and largest city of Germany, in the northeast part of the country. Founded in the 13th century, it was the capital of the kingdom of Prussia from 1701 and the capital of the German Empire (1871-1918), the Weimar Republic (1919-1932), and the Third Reich (1933-1945). The city was divided between 1945 and 1990 into East Berlin and West Berlin, which division grew out of the zones of occupation established at the end of World War II. The Berlin Wall, a wire and concrete barrier, was erected by the East German government in August 1961 and dismantled in November 1989. Population: 3,380,000. |
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| Berlin, Irving Originally Israel Baline. 1888-1989.
Russian-born American songwriter who wrote more than 1,500 songs, including "Alexander's Ragtime Band" (1911), and several musical comedies, such as Top Hat (1935) and Annie Get Your Gun (1946). |
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| Berlin, Isaiah 1909-1997.
Russian-born British political philosopher and historian best known for his distinction between positive and negative liberty and for his view that values are plural and conflicting. |
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Berlin
| berlin | |
noun | |
| 1. | capital of Germany located in eastern Germany |
| 2. | United States songwriter (born in Russia) who wrote more than 1500 songs and several musical comedies (1888-1989) |
| 3. | a limousine with a glass partition between the front and back seats |
Berlin
Capital of reunited Germany, located in the northeastern part of the country.
Note: Formerly the capital of Prussia and then of Germany, Berlin was occupied by American, British, French, and Soviet troops after World War II. Disagreements among the Allies led to the partition of the city, with the Soviet zone becoming East Berlin, and the other zones West Berlin. East Berlin became the capital of the communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany), but West Berlin lost its capital status to Bonn in the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany).
Note: The Berlin Airlift of 1948–1949 supplied West Berlin by air transport after the Soviet Union set up a land and water blockade in an attempt to gain political control of this noncommunist “island” in the midst of communist East Germany.
Note: The two Berlins were physically separated by the Berlin Wall, a barrier designed to prevent East Germans from crossing into West Berlin, from 1961 to 1989.
Note: With the reunification of the two Germanys in 1990, the reunified city of Berlin was restored to its place as Germany's capital.
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Berlin Center, OH Zip code(s): 44401
Berlin Heights, OH (village, FIPS 5900) Location: 41.32090 N, 82.49269 W
Population (1990): 691 (262 housing units)
Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 44814
Berlin, WI (city, FIPS 6925) Location: 43.96997 N, 88.95019 W
Population (1990): 5371 (2245 housing units)
Area: 14.8 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 54923
Berlin, PA (borough, FIPS 5776) Location: 39.92237 N, 78.95250 W
Population (1990): 2064 (838 housing units)
Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 15530
Berlin, NY Zip code(s): 12022
Berlin, NJ (borough, FIPS 5440) Location: 39.79404 N, 74.93787 W
Population (1990): 5672 (2015 housing units)
Area: 9.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 08009
Berlin, NH (city, FIPS 5140) Location: 44.48970 N, 71.25513 W
Population (1990): 11824 (5416 housing units)
Area: 159.9 sq km (land), 1.9 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 03570
Berlin, ND (city, FIPS 6300) Location: 46.37844 N, 98.48749 W
Population (1990): 32 (15 housing units)
Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 58415
Berlin, MI Zip code(s): 48002
Berlin, MD (town, FIPS 6800) Location: 38.32516 N, 75.21806 W
Population (1990): 2616 (1101 housing units)
Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 21811
Berlin, MA Zip code(s): 01503
Berlin, CT Zip code(s): 06037
Berlin, IL (village, FIPS 5443) Location: 39.75766 N, 89.90251 W
Population (1990): 180 (78 housing units)
Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Berlin, GA (town, FIPS 7304) Location: 31.06722 N, 83.62376 W
Population (1990): 480 (181 housing units)
Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
New Berlin, WI (city, FIPS 56375) Location: 42.97278 N, 88.12922 W
Population (1990): 33592 (12102 housing units)
Area: 95.4 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 53146, 53151
New Berlin, PA (borough, FIPS 53200) Location: 40.88043 N, 76.98531 W
Population (1990): 892 (343 housing units)
Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 17855
New Berlin, NY (village, FIPS 49946) Location: 42.62406 N, 75.33572 W
Population (1990): 1220 (481 housing units)
Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 13411
East Berlin, PA (borough, FIPS 20792) Location: 39.93682 N, 76.98038 W
Population (1990): 1175 (487 housing units)
Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 17316
East Berlin, CT Zip code(s): 06023
West Berlin, NJ Zip code(s): 08091
New Berlin, IL (village, FIPS 52168) Location: 39.72516 N, 89.91188 W
Population (1990): 797 (351 housing units)
Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
New Berlin, TX (city, FIPS 50796) Location: 29.46370 N, 98.10102 W
Population (1990): 188 (78 housing units)
Area: 7.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
South New Berlin, NY Zip code(s): 13843
Berlin
Ber"lin\, n. [The capital of Prussia]1. A four-wheeled carriage, having a sheltered seat behind the body and separate from it, invented in the 17th century, at Berlin. 2. Fine worsted for fancy-work; zephyr worsted; -- called also Berlin wool. Berlin black, a black varnish, drying with almost a dead surface; -- used for coating the better kinds of ironware. --Ure. Berlin blue, Prussian blue. --Ure. Berlin green, a complex cyanide of iron, used as a green dye, and similar to Prussian blue. Berlin iron, a very fusible variety of cast iron, from which figures and other delicate articles are manufactured. These are often stained or lacquered in imitation of bronze. Berlin shop, a shop for the sale of worsted embroidery and the materials for such work. Berlin work, worsted embroidery.
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