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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
Aachen
 
SYLLABICATION:Aa·chen
PRONUNCIATION:  äkn, än
VARIANT FORMS: also Aix-la-Cha·pelle (kslä-sh-pl, ks-)
A city of western Germany near the Belgian and Dutch borders. Charlemagne may have been born here in 742; he later made the city his northern capital. Population: 246,671.
 
 
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