Helgoland

American  

[hel-goh-lahnt] / ˈhɛl goʊˌlɑnt /

noun

1. a German island in the North Sea. ¼ sq. mi. (0.6 sq. km).

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Helgoland British  

/ ˈhɛlɡolant /

noun

1. the German name for Heligoland

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Example Sentences

In fall 2021, they studied common redstart, chaffinch and dunnock on Helgoland, an island off the German coast along the North Sea that is a popular stopover for birds on the move each autumn.

From Washington Post

Since then, he’s written more books, including “The Order of Time,” “Reality Is Not What It Seems” and “Helgoland.”

From New York Times

But in “Helgoland,” the theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli tackles both the quantum realm and the ways it helps us make sense of the mind with refreshing clarity and without hand-wavy mystery-mongering.

From New York Times

Helgoland and Norderney, today a campsite, both had the capacity for 1,500 forced labourers.

From BBC

In the same drawer was a jewel-like oval souvenir box with a picture of a tiny island marked “Helgoland” and inscribed, “Aunt Elizabeth from G.B. Nov. 17th, 1879. I’d never heard of Helgoland, Elizabeth or G.B. But a brief Internet search revealed that Helgoland is a German Island in the North Sea that was popular with upper-class tourists during the 19th century. Among the most edifying objects I’ve found in our basement are antique baby photos, one of them marked “William Parmer Fuller 3rd, age of 10 months, March 1889.”

From The Wall Street Journal