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oberammergau

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O⋅ber⋅am⋅mer⋅gau

[oh-ber-ah-mer-gou]
–noun
a village in S Germany, SW of Munich: famous for the passion play performed there every ten years. 4700.
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O·ber·am·mer·gau   (ō'bər-äm'ər-gou')   
A town of southern Germany in the Bavarian Alps south-southwest of Munich. It is famed for its Passion plays, held every ten years since 1634 in thanksgiving for deliverance from the Black Death in 1633.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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