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weissnichtwo


Main Entry: Weiss·nicht·wo
Pronunciation: ˈvī-ˌsnik(t)-ˈ
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): -s
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: from Weissnichtwo, imaginary city in the satirical work Sartor Resartus (1833-34) by Thomas Carlyle died 1881 Scottish essayist and historian, from German weiss nicht wo (I) know not where
: an indefinite, unknown, or imaginary place


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