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Mittel-Europa|ˈmɪt(ə)ljʊəˈrəʊpə| Also Mittel Europa, Mitteleuropa. [Ger.] Central Europe. Also attrib.
1918M. J. Davoren tr. Gettlich's German Grip on Russia 24 It is in this combination of a community of the interests of Budapest with those of the financial circles of Berlin that the idea of the new politico-commercial consortium, known to-day by the name ‘Mitteleuropa’, arose. 1918Z. N. Preev Russian Riddle iii. 36 It would be worth her while to abandon..her grandiose plans of Mittel-Europa. 1931Times Lit. Suppl. 9 Apr. 281/3 The glorification of the Mittel-Europa ideal which Frederick the Great failed to realize. 1950A. Christie Murder is Announced v. 48 Very temperamental you'll find her. Mittel Europa refugee of some kind. 1956Auden & Kallman Magic Flute (1957) 116 We'll never lack friends back in Mittel-Europa. 1971C. Fick Danziger Transcript (1973) 29 He had a slight Mittel-Europa accent, but at Claridge's, who doesn't? 1975J. Symons Three Pipe Problem xviii. 176 Would the totally unknown actress be able to resist the charm of Mitteleuropa? |