[ohl-duh
n-burg; for 2, 3 also Ger. ohl-duhn-boork] 
| 1. | Claes (Thu⋅re) [klous toor-uh] , born 1929, U.S. sculptor, born in Sweden. |
| 2. | a former state in NW Germany, now part of Lower Saxony. |
| 3. | a city in Lower Saxony in NW Germany: former capital of Oldenburg. 140,200. |
| claes oldenburg | |
noun | |
| United States sculptor (born in Sweden); a leader of the pop art movement who was noted for giant sculptures of common objects (born in 1929) [syn: Oldenburg] |