Saarland

[ zahr-land, sahr-; German zahr-lahnt ]

noun

1. a state in W Germany, in the Saar River valley. 991 sq. mi. (2,569 sq. km). : Saarbrücken.

Saarland

/ ˈzaːrlant /

noun

1. a state of W Germany: formed in 1919; under League of Nations administration until 1935; occupied by France (1945–57); part of West Germany (1957–90): contains rich coal deposits and is a major industrial region. Capital: Saarbrücken. Pop: 1 060 000 (2003 est). Area: 2567 sq km (991 sq miles)

Other Words From

• Saarlander noun

Example Sentences

During these phase transitions of the crystalline structure, the wires absorb heat and release it again: 'The shape-memory material releases heat when it is stretched in a superelastic state and absorbs heat when it is released,' explains Professor Paul Motzki, who holds a cross-institutional professorship at Saarland University and ZeMa, where he heads the Smart Material Systems research group.

From Science Daily

An agreement between the union and employers in the small western state of Saarland was reached earlier this week, ending the strikes there.

From Seattle Times

The process was demonstrated and validated at Dillinger Hüttenwerke, Saarland, in cooperation with omegadot software & consulting GmbH, a startup of KIT. omegadot has developed a software for the precise simulation and visualization of the process and for supporting scale-up to an industrial plant.

From Science Daily

The group has, for example, been linked to a venue called Hate Bar in the western German state of Saarland, where police made arrests for the showcasing of banned symbols during far-right concerts as recently as April this year.

From BBC

The case of “extreme violence” took place in the western German state Saarland earlier this year, when people in two cars insulted members of the community “in an anti-Gypsy manner” and then shot at them with a compressed air weapon.

From Washington Times