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Leverkusen
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English
thumb|Rhine bridge, Leverkusen, view from Rheinkassel, Cologne
Proper noun
en city on the east bank of the Rhine between Cologne and Düsseldorf, s/North Rhine-Westphalia c/Germany.
Further reading
German
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Etymology
Named after the hamlet de Leverkusen near Remscheid, the family estate of chemical industrialist Carl Leverkus (1804–1889), whose factory caused the development of the city, which lies some 25 km to the south-west. The name of the hamlet goes back to older dum Laverinckhusen and is thus a de Leveringhausen 1 (name of three places in Westphalia).
Pronunciation
de /ˈleːvərˌkuːzən/ [ˈleː.vɐˌkuː.zn̩] locally also /ˈlɛvər-/ [ˈlɛ.vɐ-]
de De-Leverkusen.ogg
de De-Leverkusen2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
toponym
de independent city in r/Rhineland and Bergisches Land s/North Rhine-Westphalia western c/Germany Leverkusen