dresden
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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Definition of dresden
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
name
- The capital city of Saxony, Germany, on the River Elbe.
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name
- The capital city of Saxony, Germany, on the River Elbe.
- A village in Kent County, Ontario, Canada.
- A town, the county seat of Weakley County, Tennessee, United States.
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(metonymically)The Bombing of Dresden.
“The actual total hardly matters: if Dresden was indeed a war crime, just one death would make it so.”
“‘Father, you saw the papers, when Dresden happened. You see the papers today. People are seeing the cost of this, truly. Now that we know the consequences, countries will not use it.’”
noun
- (uncountable)A variety of china, originally manufactured in the city, but manufactured in Meissen from the 18th century.
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Etymology
Borrowed from German Dresden (“Dresden”) in the 1730s, from Middle High German Dresden, from a Sorbian source akin to Lower Sorbian Drježdźany, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *dręzga, of which the locative case is *dręzdzě.
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