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A mass of the earth's crust that lies between two faults and is higher than the surrounding land.
[German, from Middle High German hurst, thicket, from Old High German.]
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horst
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a ridge of the earth's crust that has been forced upward between two faults and so is higher than the surrounding land
Horst may refer to:
- Horst (geology)
- Horst aan de Maas, a town in the Netherlands
- Horst (Inheritance), a character in the popular book Eragon
- Horst, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, a municipality in the Nordvorpommern district, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
- Horst, Steinburg, a municipality in the Steinburg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
- Horst, Lauenburg, a municipality, part of the Amt Lauenburgische Seen, Lauenburg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
- Horst P. Horst, a German photographer
- Horst Köhler, President of Germany
- Horst Wessel, right-wing political activist, assassinated in pre-Nazi-Germany
- Horst (Ermelo), a town in the Netherlands
- Martin van der Horst, a Dutch volleyball player
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