Helgoland
a German island in the North Sea. ¼ sq. mi. (0.6 sq. km).
- Also Heligoland.
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How to use Helgoland in a sentence
This period also brought to Germany the island of Helgoland in exchange for certain readjustments of boundaries in Africa.
Helgoland: an island in the North Sea, belonging to Prussia.
Selections From American Poetry | VariousGermany calls Helgoland the "fortress impregnable," and the developments of the war seem to indicate that the description fits.
Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights | Kelly MillerThe Bight of Helgoland is the passage about eighteen miles wide between the island and the German coast.
A School History of the Great War | Albert E. McKinley, Charles A. Coulomb, and Armand J. GersonThe island of Helgoland had been a British possession from 1807 till 1890, when it was transferred to Germany by treaty.
British Dictionary definitions for Helgoland
/ (ˈhɛlɡolant) /
the German name for Heligoland
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