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Luxembourg


(luk-suhm-burg) Constitutional monarchy in northwestern Europe, bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France to the south. Luxembourg City is its capital and largest city.	1
‡ Luxembourg has been a member of NATO since 1949.	2
‡ It was occupied by Germany during parts of World War I and World War II.	3
‡ Part of the Battle of the Bulge was fought in northern Luxembourg in the winter of 1944–1945.	4
‡ It is an international financial center and one of Europe’s oldest and smallest independent countries.	5

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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