Ruhr

[ roo r ]

/ rʊər /

noun

a river in W Germany, flowing NW and W into the Rhine. 144 miles (232 km) long.

a mining and industrial region centered in the valley of the Ruhr River.

Example sentences from the Web for ruhr

M. Briand had found it necessary to placate his Chamber by announcing that he intended to occupy the Ruhr on May 1.

A Revision of the Treaty |John Maynard Keynes
The twin cities, Barmen-Eberfeld, in the Ruhr coal-field, form one of the principal centres of cotton manufacture in the world.

Commercial Geography |Jacques W. Redway
Spinola had established his headquarters at Ruhrort, a place where the river Ruhr empties into the Rhine.

History of the United Netherlands, 1600-09, Vol. IV. Complete |John Lothrop Motley
Coal-mining appears to have been first practised in the 14th century at Zwickau (Saxony) and on the Ruhr.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 |Various

The river Ruhr was a wide but desultory stream, easily fordable in many places.

History of the United Netherlands, 1600-09, Vol. IV. Complete |John Lothrop Motley

British Dictionary definitions for ruhr

Ruhr

/ (rʊə, German ruːr) /

noun

the chief coalmining and industrial region of Germany: in North Rhine-Westphalia around the valley of the River Ruhr (a tributary of the Rhine 235 km (146 miles) long) German name: Ruhrgebiet (ˈruːrɡəˌbiːt)

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