Duisburg
[ dys-boo rk ]
/ ˈdüs bʊərk /
noun
a city in W Germany, at the junction of the Rhine and Ruhr rivers: the largest river port in Europe; formed 1929 from the cities of Duisburg and Hamborn.
Formerly Duis·burg-Ham·born [dys-boo rk-hahm-bawrn] /ˈdüsˌbʊərkˈhɑm bɔrn/.
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Examples from the Web for duisburg
To-day Duisburg, with the amalgamated Ruhrort and Meiderich, has a population of 244,000.
German Problems and Personalities|Charles SaroleaKrummacher was a teacher of theology in the Reformed University of Duisburg.
The Story of Our Hymns|Ernest Edwin RydenDuisburg (dis-bu¨rh), a flourishing town in Rhenish Prussia, 13 miles north of Dsseldorf.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia|VariousHe was educated at Duisburg, Zrich and Bonn, where he distinguished himself by gymnastics as much as by study.
British Dictionary definitions for duisburg
Duisburg
/ (German ˈdyːsbʊrk) /
noun
an industrial city in NW Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia at the confluence of the Rivers Rhine and Ruhr: one of the world's largest and busiest inland ports; university (1972). Pop: 506 496 (2003 est)
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