/pots"dam/ ; for 1 also Ger. /pawts"dahm/ , n.
1. a city in and the capital of Brandenburg, in NE Germany, SW of Berlin: formerly the residence of German emperors; wartime conference July-August 1945 of Truman, Stalin, Churchill, and later, Attlee. 142,860.
2. a town in N New York. 10,635.