Danzig

[ dan-sig; German dahn-tsik ]

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noun

German name of Gdańsk.
Free City of, a former self-governing territory including the seaport of Danzig: constituted by the treaty of Versailles 1920; a part of Germany 1939–45; now in Poland. 754 sq. mi. (1,955 sq. km).
Gulf of, an inlet of the Baltic Sea, in N Poland. About 60 miles (95 km) wide.

Danzig

/ ˈdænsɪɡ; ˈdantsɪç /

Danzig was offered multiple other high-level positions, but opted to stay out of government.

Danzig was under serious consideration to be secretary of Defense after Obama was elected but was edged out by Robert Gates.

They put his picture up in huts in Brazil and tents in the Congo, in offices in Dublin and Danzig.

Imagine if Richard Danzig was Defense secretary and Susan Rice was NSC adviser, as many had expected.

And as in danzig thought he stoodThe petrograd, with eyes of flame, Came ypring through the cracow wood,And longwied as it came.

These persons will be entitled to preserve the immovable property possessed by them in the territory of the free city of Danzig.

To effect the inclusion of the free city of Danzig within the Polish customs frontiers and to establish a free area in the port.

Some weeks ago I was cruising not very far from Danzig, when we sighted a low wooded island about seven miles off land.

Danzig, Cuxhaven and Sonderburg have also been made naval bases.

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