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Nov 28, 2009
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bund



Pronunciation: (bund), [key]
—n.(in Asian countries)
an embankment or an embanked quay, often providing a promenade.

Bund



Pronunciation: (boond, bund; Ger. boont), [key]
—n.,
—pl. Bunds, Ger. Bün•dePronunciation: (byn'du). [key]
1. a short form of “German-American Volksbund,” a pro-Nazi organization in the U.S. during the 1930s and 1940s.
2. (often l.c.) an alliance or league, esp. a political society.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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