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SIEGFRIED LINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Siegfried line mean? 

SIEGFRIED LINE (noun)
  The noun SIEGFRIED LINE has 1 sense:

1. German fortifications facing the Maginot Lineplay

  Familiarity information: SIEGFRIED LINE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SIEGFRIED LINE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

German fortifications facing the Maginot Line

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Instance hypernyms:

fortification; munition (defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it)

Holonyms ("Siegfried line" is a part of...):

Deutschland; Federal Republic of Germany; FRG; Germany (a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990)


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