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Lübeck

American  
[ly-bek] / ˈlü bɛk /

noun

  1. a seaport in N Germany: important Baltic port in the medieval Hanseatic League.


Lübeck British  
/ ˈlyːbɛk /

noun

  1. a port in N Germany, in Schleswig-Holstein on the Baltic: the leading member of the Hanseatic League, and a major European commercial centre until the 15th century. Pop: 212 754 (2003 est)

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A humpback whale has freed itself from a sandbank near the German coastal city of Lübeck, after a series of rescue attempts.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Emiko uses Lübeck marzipan, which contains 52% almonds.

From Salon • Sep. 19, 2023

Mann was born to a prominent mercantile family in Lübeck in 1875, just a few years after the various independent German states unified into a single nation.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2021

In Hilgenfeld’s lab at the University of Lübeck, researcher Linlin Zhang had taken to phoning the company making the Mpro gene construct daily until it finally arrived.

From Nature • May 14, 2020

In this building the mechanical trades of Lübeck are collected, each trade occupying a space exclusively its own under the colonnade. 

From A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France by Duthie, William

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