English Explanatory Dictionary

Dresden

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The capital city of Saxony, Germany, on the River Elbe.
  2. A village in Kent County, Ontario, Canada.
  3. A town, the county seat of Weakley County, Tennessee, United States.
  4. The Bombing of Dresden.
noun
  1. A variety of china, originally manufactured in the city, but manufactured in Meissen from the 18th century.

Pronunciation

/ˈdɹɛzdən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Dresden.wav

Word forms

Dresden

Etymology

Borrowed from German Dresden (“Dresden”) in the 1730s, from Middle High German Dresden, from a Sorbian source akin to Lower Sorbian Drježdźany, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *dręzga, of which the locative case is *dręzdzě.

Synonyms

Dresdenware Meissenware
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