Pruisen

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • Pruissen (archaic)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈprœy̯.sə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: Prui‧sen
  • Rhymes: -œy̯sən

Proper noun

Pruisen n

  1. (chiefly historical) Prussia (a geographical area on the Baltic coast of Northeast Europe)
  2. (historical) Prussia (a former duchy, kingdom and (after German unification in 1871) a province of Germany, existing from 1525 to 1947 in parts of modern Germany, Poland and Russia)

Derived terms

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