Etymology

Karl-Marx-Stadt

Today it means: Former name of Chemnitz, between 1953 and 1990 when it was in East Germany. Full definition →

German Stadt
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  1. German · derived fromStadt
  2. English todayKarl-Marx-Stadt

From Karl Marx + German Stadt.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.