Bonn

[bon, bawn]

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noun

a city in W Germany, on the Rhine: seat of the government; former capital of West Germany.

Bonn

/ bɒn, bɔn /

noun

a city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia on the Rhine: the former capital (1949–90) of West Germany; university (1786). Pop: 311 052 (2003 est)

Bonn

Former capital of the Federal Republic of Germany and still home to most of the German government's bureaucracy, located in the western part of Germany, on the Rhine River.

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The Constitution for West Germany was drafted in Bonn after World War II. Bonn became West Germany's capital in 1949 and reunified Germany's capital in 1990, but it has since lost that distinction to Berlin.

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Cologne Bonn Airport said flights would continue as usual but travelling to the airport by train or road may be difficult.

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This has been demonstrated in a recent study by the CABI's regional centre for Africa in Nairobi, Kenya and the University of Bonn.

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A recent study from the University of Bonn and the LMU Munich challenges this idea.

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This is the conclusion drawn by a current study by the University of Bonn and the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Brazil.

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The warning came after the discovery of a fence cut at the water storage site in Mechernich area near Bonn.

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