Kiel

[keel]

noun

1. the capital of Schleswig-Holstein in N Germany, at the Baltic end of the Kiel Canal.

Kiel

/ kiːl /

noun

1. a port in N Germany, capital of Schleswig-Holstein state, on the Kiel Canal (connecting the North Sea with the Baltic): joined the Hanseatic League in 1284; became part of Denmark in 1773 and passed to Prussia in 1866; an important naval base in World Wars I and II; shipbuilding and engineering industries. Pop: 233 039 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

Only when the team deployed the ROV Kiel 6000 did the unusual features of the site become clear.

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Lewycka was was born in a British-run refugee camp in Kiel, in Germany in 1947.

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Brueckner is now sleeping in a tent in a park in Kiel, a city on the Baltic Sea in northern Germany, under the constant surveillance of two police officers assigned to protect him.

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Elsewhere, Hertha Berlin beat Elversberg 3-0 in the German capital, Hamburg won 1-0 at Heidenheim and second-division Holstein Kiel beat hosts Wolfsburg 1-0.

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Brueckner is now sleeping in a tent in a park in the northern city of Kiel, according to Der Spiegel magazine, with two police officers constantly protecting him from "possible attacks by the public".

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