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teutoburger wald

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Teu⋅to⋅bur⋅ger Wald

[toi-toh-boor-guhr vahlt]
–noun
a chain of wooded hills in Germany, in Westphalia: Romans defeated by German tribes a.d. 9.
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Teu·to·bur·ger Wald   (tōō'tə-bûr'gər wôld', toi'tō-bŏŏr'gər vält')   
A range of wooded hills in northwest Germany between the upper Ems and the Weser rivers. It was the site of a victory by Arminius over Roman legions in A.D. 9, commemorated by a monument near the city of Detmold.
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