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Colditz

Colditz proper noun: a town in Saxony, Germany, famed for its castle and its former POW camp.

Proper noun

Colditz

  1. A town in Saxony, Germany, famed for its castle and its former POW camp.
    • All a bit Colditz, isn't it?1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 19

Origin of Colditz

From German Colditz.

Questions about Colditz

What does Colditz mean?
Colditz means a town in Saxony, Germany, famed for its castle and its former POW camp.
What part of speech is Colditz?
Colditz is a proper noun.

Words near Colditz in the dictionary

  1. Coldingham
  2. Coldiron
  3. Coldirons
  4. coldish
  5. coldishness
  6. Colditz
  7. coldlier
  8. coldlike
  9. coldly
  10. Coldmeece
  11. coldness

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