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Frankfurt[frAngk´foort] Pronunciation Key or Frankfurt am Main[frAngk´foort Am mIn] Pronunciation Key, city (1994 pop. 659,800), Hesse, central Germany, a port on the Main River. It is also known in English as Frankfort. The city is an industrial, media, commercial, and financial center and a transportation hub. It is headquarters of the leading German stock exchange, numerous commercial banks, and the Bundesbank, Germany's central bank; the European Central Bank also is there. Manufactures include river craft, pharmaceuticals, metals, machinery, oil products, and beer. Chemical production is concentrated in the HOchst district. Frankfurt is the site of major international trade fairs, including an annual book fair. Its Rhein-Main airport is one of the largest and busiest in Europe.
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