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Embden

American  
[em-duhn] / ˈɛm dən /
Or Emden

noun

  1. one of a breed of large, white domestic geese having orange shanks, toes, and bill.


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“We believe there is significant potential to extract value from the Life and Asset Management businesses, which should be crystallised in the next three years,” analyst Andreas Van Embden writes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

Sept. 22nd, stilo veteri, I delivered to Mr. Jacob for England by Embden my letters.

From The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee And the Catalog of His Library of Manuscripts by Dee, John

Edited by his nephew, Baron Ludwig von Embden, and translated by Charles Godfrey Leland.

From In the Forbidden Land by Landor, Arnold Henry Savage

In 1600 he was sent on an embassy, with others, to Embden, for the purpose of settling certain matters in dispute between the English and the Danes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various

But finally, about the period of Philip's accession, eastern Friesland had chosen for its count a gentleman of the country surnamed Edzart, who fixed the headquarters of his military government at Embden.

From Holland The History of the Netherlands by Grattan, Thomas Colley