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Definition of: Limes
(lī′mēz) noun
1. A system of fortifications built by the Romans under Vespasian and Trajan to protect the provinces of southern Germany and Rhaetia against the Germans: about 336 miles long. Also Li′mes Ger·man·i·cus (jər·man·i·kəs).
2. (Ger. lē′mes) An elaborate series of fortifications built by Germany in 1938–39, opposing the French Maginot line and extending from the Swiss border along the French, Belgian, and Dutch frontiers: also Siegfried Line, Westwall. [<L limes border]
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