Hildburghausen

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German[edit]

German Wikipedia has articles on:

Hildburghausen and Landkreis Hildburghausen

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German Hilteburgehusin, from the personal name Hilteburg (literally “battle fortification”) (compare modern Hildburg, from Proto-West Germanic *hildi + *burg) + -hausen.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /hɪltbʊʁkˈhaʊ̯zn̩/
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Hyphenation: Hild‧burg‧hau‧sen

Proper noun[edit]

Hildburghausen n (proper noun, genitive Hildburghausens or (optionally with an article) Hildburghausen)

A town and rural district of Thuringia

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