Anschluss

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

Origin of Anschluss

1
1920–25; <German: consolidation, joining together, equivalent to an- on, to + Schluss a closing

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Anschluss

/ (ˈænʃlʊs) /


noun
  1. a political or economic union, esp the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany (1938)

Origin of Anschluss

1
German: from anschliessen to join

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