Eisenstadt

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proper noun

A city in Burgenland, Austria.

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Meanings

proper nounEisenstadt (countable and uncountable, plural Eisenstadts)

plural Eisenstadts

  1. countableuncountableA city in Burgenland, Austria.
  2. countableuncountableA habitational surname from German.
  3. USabbreviationellipsisinformaluncountablegovernmentEllipsis of Eisenstadt v. Baird, a 1972 U.S. Supreme Court case that expanded legalized contraception, expanding access to contraceptives to unmarried couples, and effectively legalized premarital sex, under the Equal Protection Clause following the Griswold ruling; and reaffirmed the existence of a right to privacy under due process following the 14th Amendment.

Origin

  1. GermanEisenstadt
  2. EnglishEisenstadt

Borrowed from German Eisenstadt.

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