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  2. Help:IPA/Standard German - Wikipedia

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    It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Standard German in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or value without establishing consensus on the talk page first.

  3. 4711 - Wikipedia

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    Glockengasse 4 in Cologne, the headquarters of 4711 Third address book of Cologne, 1797, page 179. On 3 October 1794, in view of the French troops standing just outside Cologne, the city council approved a plan proposed by the guard-committee to number all houses in the city without exception and to install what would be considered appropriate lighting for each location.

  4. Eau de Cologne - Wikipedia

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    When free trade was established in Cologne by the French in 1797, the success of Eau de Cologne prompted countless other businessmen to sell their own fragrances under the name of Eau de Cologne. Giovanni Maria Farina's formula has been produced in Cologne since 1709 by Farina opposite the Jülichplatz [4] and to this day remains a secret. His ...

  5. Colognian phonology - Wikipedia

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    For a number of speakers, syllable-initial /v/ has a number of realizations in free variation: [], [], and [].; While Colognian has only one lateral phoneme /l/, it has a variety of allophonic realizations; coarticulation leads to the so-called "clear" L occasionally, but the "dark" ([]) or palatal ([]) variants are common in Colognian pronunciation.

  6. Colognian dialect - Wikipedia

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    When it does not vocalize an "r", it will often be pronounced more strongly than in German: Sport [ɕpɔxt] (often humorously spelled "Spocht"). This carries over into the Cologne accent of German. Being a Central German dialect, Kölsch has undergone some stages of the High German sound shift, but not all.

  7. List of perfumes - Wikipedia

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    Heliotrope Blanc: L.T. Piver Louis-Toussaint Piver [7] 1853 Eau de Cologne Impériale: Guerlain: Pierre-François-Pascal Guerlain 1872 Hammam Bouquet: Penhaligon's: William Henry Penhaligon [8] 1882 Fougère Royale: Houbigant: Paul Parquet: 1882 Tsvetochniy: Brochard and Co. (now Novaya Zarya) Anri Brochard [9] 1885 Au Fil de l'Eau: Lenthéric ...

  8. How I chose my kids' Indian names so my husband could ... - AOL

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    Not only did I want my non-Indian husband to properly pronounce the baby’s name, but I even anticipated the way a teacher would read it out loud in front of the whole class on the first day of ...

  9. Johann Maria Farina - Wikipedia

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    This perfume, being a real sensation at the time, contributed to Cologne’s global fame. Being the very first perfume of its kind on the market, the word "Cologne" quickly became a household name. Cologne refers to a perfume which is usually refreshingly light, unisex with a citrus-based head note .