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Halle

noun

A city in the Saxony region of Germany on the Saale River; a member of the Hanseatic League during the 13th and 14th centuries. Synonym: Halle-an-der-Saale.

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"Halle" Quotes from Famous Books

... of peyne. Goddwyn, what thanckes owre laboures wylle enhepe! I'lle ryse mie friendes unto the bloddie pleyne; I'lle wake the honnoure thatte ys now aslepe. 115 When wylle the chiefes mete atte thie feastive halle, That I wythe voice alowde ...

— The Rowley Poems • Thomas Chatterton

... can be inferred with a high degree of probability, but sometimes it is impossible to trace the origin to any possible channel of communication. A remarkable case of this kind occurred at the Nietleben lunatic asylum near Halle, in 1893, in the shape of a sudden, explosive and isolated outbreak of true Asiatic cholera. It was entirely confined to the institution, and the peculiar circumstances enabled a very exact investigation to be made. The facts led ...

— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 - "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" • Various

... une halle un spectacle lamentable: c'etoient des chretiens, hommes et femmes, que l'on vendoit. L'usage est de les faire asseoir sur les bancs. Celui qui veut les acheter ne voit d'eux que le visage et les mains, et un peu le bras des femmes. A Damas j'avois vu vendre une ...

— The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, - and Discoveries of The English Nation, Volume 10 - Asia, Part III • Richard Hakluyt

Words linked to "Halle" : urban center, city, metropolis, Germany, Deutschland, FRG, Hanseatic League, Federal Republic of Germany