"Wilhelmstrasse" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˌvɪl.hɛlmˈstɹɑ.sə/ [US, literary], /ˌwɪl.hɛlmˈstɹɑ.sə/ (note: US, unlearned), /ˌwɪl.hɛlmˈstɹɑs/ (note: US, unlearned)
Etymology: Borrowed from German Wilhelmstraße, from the name of Prussian King Frederick William I (Friedrich Wilhelm I.) + Straße (“street”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|de|Wilhelmstraße}} Borrowed from German Wilhelmstraße Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Wilhelmstrasse
  1. A thoroughfare in central Berlin, formerly the location of the German Chancellery and Foreign Office. Categories (topical): Named roads Categories (place): Berlin
    Sense id: en-Wilhelmstrasse-en-name-H4uUR02x Disambiguation of Named roads: 56 44 Disambiguation of Berlin: 61 39
  2. (metonymically, historical after 1945) The German government or Foreign Office. Tags: historical, metonymically
    Sense id: en-Wilhelmstrasse-en-name-lbUNVrwE Categories (other): English metonyms, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 61
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          "ref": "1956, Carlile Aylmer Macartney, October Fifteenth: A History of Modern Hungary, 1929–1945, volume 1, page 139:",
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          "ref": "1974, George B. Leon, Greece and the Great Powers, 1914–1917, page 334:",
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