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Hofburg

Hofburg proper noun: the principal residence of the Habsburg dynastic rulers (and, later, of the president of Austria), located in Vienna; (metonymically), the Habsburg regime.

Proper noun

Hofburg

  1. (historical) The principal residence of the Habsburg dynastic rulers (and, later, of the president of Austria), located in Vienna; (metonymically), the Habsburg regime.
    • A week later, via the prescribed channels, he requested an audience with His Majesty, and one morning, three weeks after that, he found himself face to face with His Supreme Commander-in-Chief in the Hofburg.2002, Josepth Roth, translated by Michael Hofmann, The Radetsky March, Folio Society, published 2015, page 14
    • In the 1780s however these were just a couple of strands in the mayhem of Josephine reform, with decrees streaming out of the Hofburg […] at an astounding rate.2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador, published 2014, page 266

Questions about Hofburg

What does Hofburg mean?
Hofburg means the principal residence of the Habsburg dynastic rulers (and, later, of the president of Austria), located in Vienna; (metonymically), the Habsburg regime.
What part of speech is Hofburg?
Hofburg is a proper noun.

Words near Hofburg in the dictionary

  1. Hofacker
  2. Hofackers
  3. hofan
  4. Hofbauer
  5. Hofbauers
  6. Hofburg
  7. Hofei
  8. HOFer
  9. HOFers
  10. hoff
  11. Hoff crab

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