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AIX-LA-CHAPELLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Aix-la-Chapelle mean? 

AIX-LA-CHAPELLE (noun)
  The noun AIX-LA-CHAPELLE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: AIX-LA-CHAPELLE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AIX-LA-CHAPELLE (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 ("Aix-la-Chapelle" 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)


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