Visby

American  

[viz-bee, vees-by] / ˈvɪz bi, ˈvis bü /

noun

1. a seaport on the Swedish island of Gotland, in the Baltic: an important member of the Hanseatic League.

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Visby British  

/ ˈviːsbyː /

noun

1. a port in SE Sweden, on NW Gotland Island in the Baltic: an early member of the Hanseatic League and major N European commercial centre in the Middle Ages. Pop: 22 017 (2000 est)

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Example Sentences

Austin is traveling on the HMS Harnosand, the Visby class corvette warship, between two islands in the southern Stockholm archipelago.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2023

Swedish soldier is seen in Visby, Sweden July 1, 2019.

From Reuters • Jan. 13, 2022

That Gotland needs “firemen” has been known since the 1361 Visby plunder, when, legend has it, the town paid the Danes a huge ransom just to be ransacked anyway, Mr. Jonson said half-jokingly.

From Washington Times • Nov. 5, 2020

Among ships in Ingaro Bay were the Trosso, the Stockholm and the Visby, which have advanced equipment to look for submarines, Swedish media report.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2014

However that may be, the importance of Visby in the sea trade of the North is conclusively attested by the famous code of maritime law which bears its name.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various