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Aix-la-Cha⋅pelle

[eks-la-sha-pel; Eng. eyks-lah-shah-pel]
–noun
French name of Aachen.

Aa⋅chen

[ah-kuhn; Ger. ah-khuhn]
–noun
a city in W Germany: coronation city of German kings 936–1531. 242,000.
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Aa·chen   (ä'kən, ä'KHən)   
A city of western Germany near the Belgian and Dutch borders. Charlemagne may have been born here in 742; he later made the city his northern capital. Population: 259,000.
Aix-la-Cha·pelle   (āks'lä-shä-pěl', ěks'-)   
See Aachen.
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