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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of central Germany southwest of Leipzig. Site of an episcopal see founded by Saint Boniface in the eighth century, it was later a free imperial city and a member of the Hanseatic League.

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  • proper noun The capital city of the state of Thuringia, in Germany

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  • She's just been awarded a grant from the Fraunhofer Institute for use of their cutting-edge studio and postproduction facilities in Erfurt, is off with a crew of six to London at the end of the month to begin casting, and most exciting of all, has found an innovative production company - Rohfilm in Berlin.

    It's a go! L. Lee Lowe 2008

  • She's just been awarded a grant from the Fraunhofer Institute for use of their cutting-edge studio and postproduction facilities in Erfurt, is off with a crew of six to London at the end of the month to begin casting, and most exciting of all, has found an innovative production company - Rohfilm in Berlin.

    Archive 2008-07-01 L. Lee Lowe 2008

  • By nine on a bright autumn morning, the Kaercher Futuretech field kitchen — essentially a giant, camouflaged, propane-fueled braising pan with wheels and a trailer hitch — was running at full steam outside a convention center in Erfurt, Germany.

    Food Fight 2009

  • By nine on a bright autumn morning, the Kaercher Futuretech field kitchen — essentially a giant, camouflaged, propane-fueled braising pan with wheels and a trailer hitch — was running at full steam outside a convention center in Erfurt, Germany.

    Food Fight 2009

  • After the first amok run in Erfurt they not only made stricter laws for a couple of things, including the ownership of guns.

    EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - German gov’t considers jail time for gamers 2006

  • Speedskating: The long-track sprinters return to World Cup action in Erfurt, Germany.

    USATODAY.com - Ex-football player outdoes Patriots with win streak 2005

  • Jennifer Rodriguez won a World Cup 1,000-meter race in Erfurt, Germany.

    USATODAY.com - Ohno refuses to slow down 2005

  • Jennifer Rodriguez took overall honors at a four-race speedskating event in Erfurt, Germany, and won her second straight World Cup 1,500-meter race.

    USATODAY.com - Speedskater Rodriguez takes USATODAY.com weekly honor 2003

  • Department of Erfurt; and consists of 2 deaneries (Halle and Erfurt) and 28 parishes; the episcopal commissariat of Heiligenstadt, which embraces the western half of the governmental department of Erfurt, that is called the Upper Eichsfeld, and consists of 16 deaneries and

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

  • Erfurt, which is nearly in the center of the empire, greater care is taken with its cultivation than probably anywhere else in the world, and large quantities are grown for seed.

    The Cauliflower 1877

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