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Hesse

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Noun

1. hermann hesse, hesse

Swiss writer (born in Germany) whose novels and poems express his interests in eastern spiritual values (1877-1962)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hesse

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noun
a state of central Germany, formed in 1945 from the former Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau and part of the former state of Hesse; part of West Germany until 1990. Capital: Wiesbaden. Pop: 6 089 000 (2003 est). Area: 21 111 sq km (8151 sq miles)
. German name: Hessen (ˈhɛsən )
noun
Hermann (ˈhɛrman). 1877–1962, German novelist, short-story writer, and poet. His novels include Der Steppenwolf (1927) and Das Glasperlenspiel (1943): Nobel prize for literature 1946

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ˈHermann (ˈhɛʀmɑn) ; herˈmän) 1877-1962; Ger. novelist in Switzerland
1. 
state of central Germany: 8,152 sq mi (21,114 sq km); pop. 5,981,000; cap. Wiesbaden
2. 
former region in WC Germany embracing various political units historically
: Ger. name ˈHessen (ˈhɛsən ; hesˈən)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

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A region and former grand duchy of west-central Germany. Originally a medieval landgraviate, Hesse was later divided (1567) into four separate states, one of which was elevated to a grand duchy in 1806 before the whole region was absorbed (1871) into the German Empire.

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