national library

language: de

definitions

  1. A library established by a government to serve as the central repository of a nation's literary, historical, and cultural heritage, often holding legal deposit copies of all published works in that country.
    de: Nationalbibliothek

examples

  1. The national library preserves the country's most important historical documents.

    Die Nationalbibliothek bewahrt die wichtigsten historischen Dokumente des Landes auf.