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wilhelmstrasse
Wilhelmstrasse (name) means a street in central Berlin that used to be home to the German Foreign Office and Chancellery.
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1
A street in central Berlin that used to be home to the German Foreign Office and Chancellery.
2
Another name for the German government or its Foreign Office.
"The immediate effect, however, was that all the ingenious calculations of the Wilhelmstrasse came clattering to the ground like a house of cards."
— The Fortnightly Review (1911)
"The Wilhelmstrasse was faced with a serious dilemma over the Greek question, for no easy solution could be found that would satisfy both Athens and Germany’s allies."
— George B. Leon, Greece and the Great Powers (1974)
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Etymology
Borrowed from German Wilhelmstraße, from the name of Prussian King Frederick William I (Friedrich Wilhelm I.) + Straße (“street”).
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What is the meaning of wilhelmstrasse?
"wilhelmstrasse" (name) means a street in central Berlin that used to be home to the German Foreign Office and Chancellery.
What are the different meanings of wilhelmstrasse?
"wilhelmstrasse" has 2 main meanings: 1. A street in central Berlin that used to be home to the German Foreign Office and Chancellery; 2. Another name for the German government or its Foreign Office.
