AACHEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Aachen mean? 

• AACHEN (noun)
  The noun AACHEN has 1 sense:

1. a city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders; formerly it was Charlemagne's northern capital

  Familiarity information: AACHEN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AACHEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders; formerly it was Charlemagne's northern capital

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Aachen; Aix-la-Chapelle; Aken

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Aachen" 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)

 Context examples 

Resembling the human shape or behaviour can be both an advantage and a drawback, explains Professor Astrid Rosenthal-von der Pütten, Chair for Individual and Technology at RWTH Aachen University.

(Scientists identify possible source of the ‘Uncanny Valley’ in the brain, University of Cambridge)