Gdańsk

[gdahynsk, guh-dahnsk, -dansk]

noun

1. a seaport in N Poland, on the Gulf of Danzig.

Gdańsk

/ ɡdajinsk /

noun

1. 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)

2. a wide inlet of the Baltic Sea on the N coast of Poland