Frankfort on the Main

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noun

1. a city in W central Germany, on the Main River.

Example Sentences

He had washed it three or four times during his two weeks’ stay at the hospital in Frankfort on the Main, but it had got dirty again on the long, dusty jeep ride back to Gaufurt.

From Literature

July 14th.—Frankfort on the Main captured by Kl�ber.

From Project Gutenberg

Forsaking Paris, which had been the Frank capital for nearly three centuries, he removed his Court to Aix-la-Chapelle and Ingelheim, near the Rhine, founded the city of Frankfort on the Main, and converted, before he died, all that war-wasted region into a peaceful and populous country.

From Project Gutenberg

Next U.S. target was the city of Frankfort on the Main.

From Time Magazine Archive

By nightfall, the R.A.F. crews were briefed and ready for a heavy followup, aimed mainly at Frankfort on the Main.

From Time Magazine Archive