Definition of Pressburg

1. Noun. Capital and largest city of Slovakia.

Exact synonyms: Bratislava, Capital Of Slovakia, Pozsony
Generic synonyms: National Capital
Group relationships: Slovak Republic, Slovakia

Definition of Pressburg

1. Proper noun. (dated) Bratislava (the city) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Pressburg

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"At Pressburg Matthias progressed from the simple demand of a Turkish grant ... On February 1-8,1608, the Pressburg alliance was concluded for upholding the ..."

2. The Universities of Europe in the Middle Ages by Hastings Rashdall, Pedro Beltrán, Solomon Northup, Robin George Collingwood (1895)
"It seems that the immediate effect of this Bull was a new University at Pressburg ; but some years afterwards we find a new College erected at Buda by King ..."

3. The Universities of Europe in the Middle Ages by Hastings Rashdall (1895)
"It seems that the immediate effect of this Bull was a new University at Pressburg ; but some years afterwards we find a new College erected at Buda by King ..."

4. Bismarck, the Man & the Statesman: Being the Reflections and Reminiscences by Otto Bismarck (1899)
"Simultaneously with this advance, an attempt will be made to take Pressburg by surprise, and there to secure if necessary the passage of the troops across ..."

5. Bismarck, the Man & the Statesman: Being the Reflections and Reminiscences by Otto Bismarck (1898)
"Simultaneously with this advance, an attempt will be made to take Pressburg by surprise, and there to secure if necessary the passage of the troops across ..."

6. Memoirs of Prince Metternich 1773-1835 by Clemens Wenzel Lothar Metternich, Alfons Klinkowström, Richard Metternich (1881)
"FROM THE TIME OF THE DIET AT Pressburg. Extracts from Metternich's private Letters from August 19 to December 28, 1825. 765. ..."

7. A Brief History of Europe from 1789-1815 by Lucius Hudson Holt, Alexander Wheeler Chilton (1919)
"By the provisions of the final treaty, signed at Pressburg December 26, 1805, ... One aftermath of Austerlitz and Pressburg deserves mention at ..."

8. The Constitutions and Other Select Documents Illustrative of the History of by Frank Maloy Anderson (1904)
"TREATY OF Pressburg These principles are, not to interfere in any manner with the national will in France relative to the form of the Government, ..."

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