Bavaria

American  

[buh-vair-ee-uh] / bəˈvɛər i ə /

noun

1. a state in SE Germany: formerly a kingdom. 27,239 sq. mi. (70,550 sq. km). Munich.

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Bavaria British  

/ bəˈvɛərɪə /

noun

1. German name: Bayern.  a state of S Germany: a former duchy and kingdom; mainly wooded highland, with the Alps in the south. Capital: Munich. Pop: 12 155 000 (2000 est). Area: 70 531 sq km (27 232 sq miles)

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Bavaria Cultural  

1. State in southwestern Germany bordered by the former Czechoslovakia to the east, Austria to the southeast and south, and the German states of Baden-Wurttemberg and Hesse to the west and northwest. Its capital and largest city is Munich.

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Adolf Hitler began his rise to power in Bavaria.

The area is famous for its beer and automobiles. BMW stands for Bavarian Motor Works.

Example Sentences

In 1950, his parents arrived in Chile, where they bought a plot of land near Santiago and opened a successful company making German sausages, called Cecinas Bavaria.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

Authorities in Bavaria said the main suspect is a 77-year-old German man who, along with 10 alleged accomplices, is facing charges of conspiracy and fraud.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2025

"A great many young men in particular are considering coming to Germany," Markus Soeder, premier of the southern German state of Bavaria, said Monday.

From Barron's • Oct. 22, 2025

So it was surprising to see that when the Second World War came around, a Manhattan Beach restaurant named Little Bavaria kept its doors open.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025

Velutha was fourteen when Johann Klein, a German carpenter from a carpenter’s guild in Bavaria, came to Kottayam and spent three years with the Christian Mission Society, conducting a workshop with local carpenters.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy