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Cattegat

British  
/ ˈkætɪˌɡæt /

noun

  1. a former spelling of Kattegat

"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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Copenhagen, it will be recalled, is situated on the eastern coast of Zealand, on the waterway called the Sound leading southward from the Cattegat to the Baltic.

From A History of Sea Power by Stevens, William Oliver

There he embarked for the Cattegat, with a favourable wind, and after crossing the Sound landed at Helsingburg.

From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by MacGillivray, William

It lies in the Cattegat, about two miles east of Helgeness, and about a mile from the point that runs out from Ebeltoft parish.

From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin

The approach to this fine city from the North by the Cattegat is very charming.

From Denmark by Thomson, M. Pearson

Cattegat and the rat raced headlong around the room once, and Uncle Leonard nearly kicked himself off his feet as the rat slipped unhurt by him.

From Harper's Young People, June 8, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

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