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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DESSAU

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PRONUNCIATION OF DESSAU

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DESSAU

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conjunction
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Dessau is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DESSAU MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dessau

Dessau

Dessau is a city in Germany on the junction of the rivers Mulde and Elbe, in the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt. Since 1 July 2007, it is part of the new city of Dessau-Roßlau. Population of Dessau proper: 77,973.

Definition of Dessau in the English dictionary

The definition of Dessau in the dictionary is an industrial city in E Germany, in Saxony-Anhalt: capital of Anhalt state from 1340 to 1918. Pop: 78 380.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DESSAU

Dessalines

WORDS THAT END LIKE DESSAU

au
beau
Bissau
bureau
cadeau
chateau
Cocteau
Esau
Frau
Guinea-Bissau
Herisau
Hesse-Nassau
Louis of Nassau
Nassau
nouveau
Palau
Pau
tau
Tokelau
Zwickau

Synonyms and antonyms of Dessau in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Dessau» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DESSAU

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The translations of Dessau from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Dessau» in English.

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德绍
1,325 millions of speakers

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Dessau
570 millions of speakers

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Dessau
510 millions of speakers

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Dessau
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

ديساو
280 millions of speakers

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Дессау
278 millions of speakers

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Dessau
270 millions of speakers

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Dessau
260 millions of speakers

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Dessau
220 millions of speakers

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Dessau
190 millions of speakers

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Dessau
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

デッサウ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사우
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dessau
85 millions of speakers
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Dessau
80 millions of speakers

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Dessau
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डिसेऊ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Dessau
70 millions of speakers

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Dessau
65 millions of speakers

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Dessau
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Дессау
40 millions of speakers

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Dessau
30 millions of speakers
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Dessau
15 millions of speakers
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Dessau
14 millions of speakers
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Dessau
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Dessau
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Dessau

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DESSAU»

The term «Dessau» is very widely used and occupies the 5.558 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DESSAU» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Dessau» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Dessau» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Dessau

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DESSAU»

Discover the use of Dessau in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Dessau and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bauhaus, Dessau: Walter Gropius
;The Dessau Bauhaus encapsulates the ethos ofhat design school's revolutionary new thinking.
Dennis Sharp, 2002
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Archäologie der Moderne: Sanierung Bauhaus Dessau
Archaeology of Modernismexplores the design school's construction in light of early twentieth-century culture and society and its renovation today, recording the detective work that went into its restoration, and offering up surprising ...
Monika Markgraf, 2006
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Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Architecture
Gropius, whose visionary zeal created the Bauhaus School in Weimar in 1919, moved the school from Weimar to Dessau in 1925 at the invitation of Dessau's progressive mayor, Fritz Hesse. The design of the Bauhaus was begun in 1925, ...
Stephen Sennott, 2004
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Bauhaus, 1919-1933
Facing, previous page: Facade of the workshop wing of the Dessau Bauhaus. Photograph by Lucia Moholy, 1926. The Weimar Masters had terminated their contracts before considering their future options. The move could easily have spelled ...
Magdalena Droste, 2002
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Infinitely Beautiful: The Dessau-Worlitz Garden Realm
this large and authoritative book is the first to explore and illustrate the garden at Dessau-Worlitz, incorporating numerous palaces, lakes and parks, in all its glory and its complexity.
Kulturstiftung Dessau Worlitz, Thomas Weiss, 2007
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Principat
Beispiele: CIL XII 3167 = DESSAU ILS 1016: T. lulius Maximus . . . iuridicus Hisp. citerior. Tarraconens. (wahrscheinlich Zeit Domitians, nicht erst Trajans) ; CIL III 2864 und 9960 = DESSAU ILS 1015: C. Octavius Tidius Tossianus laolenus ...
Hildegard Temporini, 1980
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Gropius:
Building. Gropiusallee, Dessau Opposite page: Northwest corner of the workshop building After the office building at the Fagus Factory, this was the second structure by Cropius in which the design of tne corners made architectural history.
Gilbert Lupfer, Paul Sigel, 2004
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Lonely Planet Germany
OTHER ATTRACTIONS In 2005 Dessau confirmed its reputation as an architectural trailblazer with the opening of the eye-catching new digs of the Umweltbundesamt (Federal Environmental Agency; Wörlitzer Platz 1; S6am- 10pm Mon-Fri, ...
Lonely Planet, Andrea Schulte-Peevers, Kerry Christiani, 2010
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Olympic Education
Schnepfenthal, in 1784, was the second philanthropine boarding school to be founded by Prince Franz Leopold of Anhalt-Dessau. The headmaster, C. G. Salzmann, brought the private tutor GutsMuths to the school in 1785 and entrusted him ...
Roland Naul, 2008
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The Bauhaus and America: First Contacts, 1919-1936
Bauhaus" "see Dessau. Bauhaus." The heading "Bauhaus" contains only the reference "See Dessau. Bauhaus." It is not until the 1973 edition that the references are better differentiated: the heading "Bauhaus" reads "See Dessau Bauhaus, ...
Margret Kentgens-Craig, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DESSAU»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Dessau is used in the context of the following news items.
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Victoria inducts first ever Jewish governor
Linda Dessau is (centre) is proclaimed Governor of Victoria and sworn into office at an official ceremony at Government House in Melbourne, ... «Australian Jewish News, Jul 15»
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The Brittas Empire: The sitcom will return, but the revival might be …
Dessau notes that Brittas was part of a strong lineage of vain yet ridiculed management figures in British sitcoms, and that the show got laughs ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
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Berlin denies institutional racism among German police
An uninvestigated string of racist murders, the death of asylum seeker Oury Jalloh while in custody in Dessau and more and more racial ... «Deutsche Welle, Jul 15»
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Stortford comedy double bill to feature struggle of wife's breast …
Arts critic Bruce Dessau recently described him as "one of the comedy circuit's smartest, most versatile stand-ups." Barrie spent much of 2014 ... «Herts and Essex Observer, Jul 15»
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This Day, July 8, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
1751: Birthdate of Nathan Wolf Ben Abraham the native of Dessau who was praised for his commentary on the Book of Job but who earned the ... «Cleveland Jewish News, Jul 15»
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UPAC carries out raids related to cancelled water-management …
The city also required Génieau, a consortium made up of Simard-Beaudry Construction Inc. and Dessau Inc., to submit new forms for its bid ... «Montreal Gazette, Jul 15»
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Grapevine: Getting to the root of it all
YET ANOTHER break in the glass ceiling was the swearing in ceremony in Australia last week of Linda Dessau as the first Jewish and first ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
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WSP Global Given Consensus Rating of "Buy" by Brokerages (TSE …
... WSP Global Inc acquired Focus Group Holding Inc. In May 2014, the Company acquired Technip TPS S.A.S. The Company, through Dessau ... «sleekmoney, Jul 15»
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Melbourne Festival appoints new president
Wheeler takes up the Melbourne Festival position in October, succeeding Linda Dessau AM, who started her new role as Victoria's first female ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
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Governor Linda Dessau
Linda Dessau has been sworn in as Governor of the State of Victoria…the first woman and the first Jewish Australian to be accorded this highly ... «J-Wire Jewish Australian News Service, Jul 15»

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