Gdansk

Gdansk
noun
a port city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea; a member of the Hanseatic League in the 14th century
• Syn: ↑Danzig
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑city, ↑metropolis, ↑urban center, ↑port
• Member Holonyms: ↑Hanseatic League
• Part Holonyms: ↑Poland, ↑Republic of Poland, ↑Polska

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\\gəˈdänzk, -dan-, -n(t)sk\ adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Polish Gdańsk Danzig

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/gduyonnsk/; Eng. /geuh dahnsk", -dansk"/, n.
a seaport in N Poland, on the Gulf of Danzig. 402,200. German, Danzig.

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[gə'dänsk; -'dansk]
an industrial port and shipbuilding center in northern Poland, on an inlet of the Baltic Sea; pop. 465,000. Disputed between Prussia and Poland during the 19th century, it was a free city under a League of Nations mandate 1919 - 39, when it was annexed by Nazi Germany, which precipitated hostilities with Poland and the outbreak of World War II. German name Danzig

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