Schleswig-Holstein

[ shles-wig-hohl-stahyn; German shleys-vik-hawl-shtahyn ]

noun

1. two contiguous duchies of Denmark that were a center of international tension in the 19th century: Prussia annexed Schleswig 1864 and Holstein 1866.
2. a state of N Germany, including the former duchies of Holstein and Lauenburg and part of Schleswig. 6,073 sq. mi. (15,728 sq. km). : Kiel.

Schleswig-Holstein

/ ˈʃleːsvɪçˈhɔlʃtain /

noun

1. a state of N Germany: drained chiefly by the River Elbe; mainly agricultural. Capital: Kiel. Pop: 2 823 000 (2003 est). Area: 15 658 sq km (6045 sq miles)

Example Sentences

What was the Schleswig-Holstein question really all about?

From The Daily Beast

The first question to claim the attention of this Parliament was that of Schleswig-Holstein.

From Project Gutenberg

In the interim war had broken out anew in Schleswig-Holstein and in Italy.

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A little further South we have three versions of the same tale recorded for Schleswig-Holstein.

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It moved north, parallel with the coast of stolen Schleswig-Holstein and Jutland.

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Said he would undertake to whip ten Deutschers single-handed; that he had done so many a time in the Schleswig-Holstein war.

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