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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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The Cattegat was as smooth as an inland sea, and our voyage could not have been pleasanter.

From Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland by Taylor, Bayard

Neptune had his dwelling in the coral caves near the Island of Eubœa, while Ægir lived in a similar palace near the Cattegat.

From Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas by Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)

The Page 255 Government's instructions, as well as Parker's preference, were apparently to wait in the Cattegat until the combined enemy forces should choose to come out and fight.

From A History of Sea Power by Stevens, William Oliver

The town possesses a magnificent harbour, on the Cattegat, the shores of which make a pleasant promenade.

From Denmark by Thomson, M. Pearson

Ten German trawlers were sunk by the British in the Cattegat on April 15.

From Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 by Various

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