Moabit

German

Etymology

From French terre des moabites (“land of the Moabites”). So called by the first settlers, French Huguenots who had found refuge in Prussia, after the story of the Book of Ruth.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo.aˈbiːt/

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Proper noun

Moabit n (proper noun, genitive Moabits or (optionally with an article) Moabit)

1. A quarter of Berlin, Germany