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English
Etymology
From German Wahn ('madness', 'illusion') + Friede ('peace').

Proper noun
Wahnfried

1. The name of Richard Wagner|Richard Wagner’s villa in Bayreuth, Germany. It means 'Peace from life’s madness'.

See also
w:Wahnfried|Wikipedia article on Wahnfried

Quotations
2000, Gottfried Wagner, Twilight of the Wagners ¹

2001, R J Hollingdale, Nietzsche ²

2005, Nancy Thorndike Greenspan, The End of the Certain World ³

Category:German derivations

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