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HALLE-AN-DER-SAALE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city in the Saxony region of Germany on the Saale River; a member of the Hanseatic League during the 13th and 14th centuries
Synonyms:
Halle; Halle-an-der-Saale
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 ("Halle-an-der-Saale" 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)
Holonyms ("Halle-an-der-Saale" is a member of...):
Hanseatic League (a commercial and defensive confederation of free cities in northern Germany and surrounding areas; formed in 1241 and most influential in the 14th century when it included over 100 towns and functioned as an independent political power; the last official assembly was held in 1669)
