Hamburg

[ham-burg, hahm-boork]

noun

1. a state in N Germany. 288 sq. mi. (746 sq. km).

2. a city in and the capital of this state, on the Elbe River: the largest seaport in continental Europe.

3. a town in W New York.

Hamburg

/ ˈhæmbɜːɡ /

noun

1. a city-state and port in NW Germany, on the River Elbe: the largest port in Germany; a founder member of the Hanseatic League; became a free imperial city in 1510 and a state of the German empire in 1871; university (1919); extensive shipyards. Pop: 1 734 083 (2003 est)

Hamburg

1. City in northern Germany on the Elbe River, near where it meets the North Sea.

Hamburg is Germany's most important industrial center. It was one of the most heavily bombed German cities during World War II.

Example Sentences

He died in Hamburg at the age of 82 in 1996.

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Prosecutors say he also arranged for the goods to be transported to Lebanon - where the group is based - either by container ship from ports in Hamburg or Spain or by air freight.

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Founded in Berlin in 2023 and backed by several heavyweight investors, LAP now has 16 outlets in the capital and eight more in Hamburg and Munich.

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German police have already prepared a dedicated aircraft to pick up Serhii in Italy and bring him to Hamburg for trial.

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Police raided seven buildings in the northern port city of Hamburg, where the Muslim Interaktiv group was based, as the ban was announced.

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