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語源

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.

発音

• IPA: /ˈdɹɛzdən/

固有名詞

Dresden

1. The capital city of Saxony, Germany, on the River Elbe. [1735]
2. A village in Kent County, Ontario, Canada.
3. A number of places in the United States, including:
   1. A town in Lincoln County, Maine.
   2. A town, the county seat of Weakley County, Tennessee.
4. (history, metonymic) The Bombing of Dresden.
   • 2001 July 23, Robin Neillands, The Bomber War: The Allied Air Offensive Against Nazi Germany‎, Barnes & Noble, Incorporated, →ISBN, page 358:

     The actual total hardly matters: if Dresden was indeed a war crime, just one death would make it so.

   • 2017, John Theobald, A Kingdom Falls‎, Head of Zeus Ltd., →ISBN, page 314:

     ‘Father, you saw the papers, when Dresden happened. You see the papers today. People are seeing the cost of this, truly. Now that we know the consequences, countries will not use it.’

名詞

Dresden (uncountable)

1. A variety of china, originally manufactured in the city, but manufactured in Meissen from the 18th century.

   Synonyms: Dresdenware, Meissenware

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