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Gdańsk

[ gdahynsk; English guh-dahnsk, -dansk ]

noun

  1. a seaport in N Poland, on the Gulf of Danzig.


Gdańsk

/ ɡdajinsk /

noun

  1. the chief port of Poland, on the Baltic: a member of the Hanseatic league; under Prussian rule (1793–1807 and 1814–1919); a free city under the League of Nations from 1919 until annexed by Germany in 1939; returned to Poland in 1945. Pop: 851 000 (2005 est) German nameDanzig
  2. Bay of Gdańsk
    a wide inlet of the Baltic Sea on the N coast of Poland
“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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Martial law was imposed and Solidarity was banned in 1982 after dramatic confrontations at the Gdansk shipyards.

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