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CHEMNITZ
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city in east central Germany; formerly called Karl-Marx-Stadt until 1990; noted for textile manufacturing
Synonyms:
Chemnitz; Karl-Marx-Stadt
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Chemnitz" is a part of...):
Deutschland; Federal Republic of Germany; FRG; Germany (a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990)