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Prussian

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Prussian meaning

Of, from, or pertaining to Prussia.

Example sentences (20)

Franco-Prussian War The Prussian Army issued identification tags for its troops at the beginning of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870.

Revived Old Prussian A few linguists and philogogists are involved in reviving a reconstructed form of the language from Luther's catechisms, the Elblągian dictionary, place names, and Prussian loan words in the Low Prussian dialect of German.

Will himself knew little or no Old Prussian, and his Prussian interpreter was probably illiterate, but according to Will spoke Old Prussian quite well.

Count Helmuth von Moltke, the chief of the Prussian general staff and the architect of the blitzkrieg concept, succeeded in nationalizing Prussian railways and aligning railway communications with the needs of troop and deployment.

After the Prussian uprisings of 1260–83, however, much of the Prussian nobility emigrated or were resettled, and many free Prussians lost their rights.

Although the various Baltic tribes were mentioned by ancient historians as early as 98 B.C., the first attestation of a Baltic language was in about 1350, with the creation of the Elbing Prussian Vocabulary, a German to Prussian translation dictionary.

But by 11:00, Prussian artillery took a toll on the French while more Prussian troops arrived on the battlefield.

But on 19 July 1870 the Franco-Prussian War began and Klein (who was Prussian ) had to leave France very quickly.

Clausewitz's father, once a lieutenant in the Prussian army of Frederick II of Prussia (Frederick the Great), held a minor post in the Prussian internal-revenue service.

During the day, elements of a Bavarian and two Prussian corps became engaged and were aided by Prussian artillery, which blasted holes in the defenses of the town.

Following the Austro-Prussian War in 1866, section five of the Peace of Prague stipulated that the people of Northern Schleswig would be consulted in a referendum on whether to remain under Prussian rule or return to Danish rule.

Germany's nobles, especially those in the East – called Junkers – dominated not only the localities, but also the Prussian court, and especially the Prussian army.

History of discovery The red colored ferricyanide ion, one component of Prussian blue Hydrogen cyanide was first isolated from a blue pigment ( Prussian blue ) which had been known since 1704 but whose structure was unknown.

Impact on the East Prussian plebiscite In the period leading up to the East Prussian plebiscite in July 1920, the Polish authorities tried to prevent traffic through the Corridor, interrupting postal, telegraphic and telephone communication.

In 1815 the Russian-German Legion became integrated into the Prussian Army and Clausewitz re-entered Prussian service as a colonel.

Prussian diplomats discussed granting the Prussian Rhineland (predominantly Catholic ) to Anton (a Catholic) in exchange for Lutheran Saxony in 1827, but nothing came of these talks.

Schleswig-Holstein was conquered by Prussia, and after Prussia's success in the Franco-Prussian War a Prussian-led German Empire was created, and a new power-balance of the Baltic sea countries was established.

The first two consist of only 6 pages of text in Old Prussian – the second one being a correction of the first into another Old Prussian dialect.

The next morning, Barry, under disguise as the Chevalier, is escorted from Prussian territory by Prussian officers.

There were five schools in the territory, and Prussian subjects could attend the schools in Prussian Moresnet.