[pots-dam; for 1 also Ger. pawts-dahm] 
| 1. | a city in and the capital of Brandenburg, in NE Germany, SW of Berlin: formerly the residence of German emperors; wartime conference July–August 1945 of Truman, Stalin, Churchill, and later, Attlee. 142,860. |
| 2. | a town in N New York. 10,635. |
[bran-duh
n-burg; Ger. brahn-duhn-boork] | 1. | a state in NE central Germany. 2,700,000; 10,039 sq. mi. (26,000 sq. km.). Capital: Potsdam. |
| 2. | a city in NE Germany. 95,203 |
| Pots·dam (pŏts'dām') A city of northeast Germany on the Havel River near Berlin. The city was the site of the Potsdam Conference (July-August 1945), at which American, British, and Soviet leaders drew up preliminary plans for the postwar administration of Germany and assigned various captured territories to Poland. Population: 149,000. |