Meaning of battenberg | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname from German, anglicized in 1917 as Mountbatten.
   countable
2. Ellipsis of Battenberg cake.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
3. Alternative letter-case form of Battenberg (“Battenberg cake”).
   alt-of
4. A small town in Waldeck-Frankenberg district, Hesse, Germany.
   countable, uncountable
5. A town in Bad Dürkheim district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“Incidentally, Anthony and I once visited the town of Battenberg, on a sort of pilgrimage. It's a pretty little spot in the Waldeck-Frankenberg state of Hesse, although no one is much interested in talking about cake there.”

“When the prince married Princess Victoria (Queen Victoria’s granddaughter), the battenberg was their wedding cake.”

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