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Rostock

American  
[ros-tok, raws-tawk] / ˈrɒs tɒk, ˈrɔs tɔk /

noun

  1. a seaport in N Germany, on the Baltic.


Rostock British  
/ ˈrɒstɒk /

noun

  1. a port in NE Germany, in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania on the Warnow estuary 13 km (8 miles) from the Baltic and its outport, Warnemünde: the chief port of the former East Germany; university (1419). Pop: 198 303 (2003 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"The race here is very clear," Schwesig, 52, who hopes to keep governing with a leftist multi-party coalition, told AFP during a campaign stop in the Baltic Sea port of Rostock.

From Barron's Sep. 16, 2026

The project was funded by the DFG as a joint collaboration between the Max Delbrück Center and the Medical University Rostock.

From Science Daily Jul. 10, 2026

The offshore platform will be built by NSORe, mainly at a shipyard in the Rostock area.

From Barron's Jun. 17, 2026

A yacht called Andromeda was rented from a company in Rostock, on Germany’s Baltic shore, according to German investigators.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

Not long after his arrival in Rostock, there was an eclipse of the Moon, on 28 October 1566.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

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