An industrial city in Germany, the capital of Saxony-Anhalt, situated on the River Elbe and linked to the Rhine and Ruhr by the Mittelland Canal; population 229,800 (est. 2006).
Definition of Magdeburg in US English:
Magdeburg
proper nounˈmaɡdəbərɡ
An industrial city in Germany, the capital of Saxony-Anhalt, situated on the Elbe River and linked to the Rhine and Ruhr rivers by the Mittelland Canal; population 229,800 (est. 2006).