Dresden

Name

1. The capital city of Saxony, Germany, on the River Elbe.
2. A village in Kent County, Ontario, Canada.
3. A town, the county seat of Weakley County, Tennessee, United States.
4. (metonymically) The Bombing of Dresden.

Noun

A variety of china, originally manufactured in the city, but manufactured in Meissen from the 18th century.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɹɛzdən/

Etymology

Cognate with Lower Sorbian: Drježdźany

In summary

Borrowed from German Dresden (“Dresden”) in the 1730s, from Middle High German Dresden, from a Sorbian source akin to Lower Sorbian Drježdźany, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *dręzga, of which the locative case is *dręzdzě.

Synonyms

Yellowknife

bluenose

Canada

🇨🇦

Hull

Baffin Island

Cadillac

Saint Charles

Saint John’s

Saskatoon

Vulcan

Dildo

Medicine Hat

Moose Jaw

St. Catharines

Swift Current

St. John’s

Hollywood North

Manipogo

Leamington

Yarmouth

Scarlem

red rocket

Muddy York

Igopogo

Edmonchuk

Parti Quebecois

Translations

Dresden

Dresden

Dresde

Dresden

Dresda

Drezno

Dresden

Dresde

Δρέσδη

Dresda

Dresden

دريسدن

Drèsda

Canada

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porcelaine de Saxe