Gdańsk
Americannoun
noun
-
German name: Danzig. the chief port of Poland, on the Baltic: a member of the Hanseatic league; under Prussian rule (1793–1807 and 1814–1919); a free city under the League of Nations from 1919 until annexed by Germany in 1939; returned to Poland in 1945. Pop: 851 000 (2005 est)
-
a wide inlet of the Baltic Sea on the N coast of Poland
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said Poland would withdraw permission for Russia to operate its mission in Gdańsk, its last remaining consulate in the country.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
In any case, according to various outlets, archeologists working in Poland have discovered the remains of a medieval warrior under the longtime location of an ice cream parlor in the city of Gdańsk.
From Slate • Jul. 26, 2025
His best chapters follow the protests in the Gdańsk shipyards that led to the Solidarity trade union.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2025
These tools have many uses, and researcher Bożena Kostek from Gdańsk University of Technology is exploring how STT can be better used in the medical field.
From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2024
The Gdańsk University undergraduate, who had spent the summer in Scotland to fund her language studies, was reported missing by her boyfriend.
From BBC • Oct. 8, 2022
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
