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wiesbaden

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Wies⋅ba⋅den

  [vees-bahd-n]
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the capital of Hesse in W Germany: health resort; mineral springs. 251,800.

Hes⋅se

  [hes-uh for 1; hes for 2]
–noun
1. Her⋅mann  [her-mahn] , 1877–1962, German novelist and poet: Nobel prize 1946.
2. German, Hes⋅sen  [hes-uhn] . a state in central Germany. 5,508,000; 8150 sq. mi. (21,110 sq. km). Capital: Wiesbaden.
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Wies·ba·den   (vēs'bäd'n)   
A city of west-central Germany on the Rhine River west of Frankfurt. Founded as a Celtic settlement in the third century B.C., it has been a noted spa since Roman times. Wiesbaden became a free imperial city c. A.D. 1242 and passed to Prussia in 1866. Population: 276,000.
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