Helgoland

American

[hel-goh-lahnt] / ˈhɛl goʊˌlɑnt /

noun

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

Helgoland British

/ ˈhɛlɡolant /

noun

the German name for Heligoland

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Zombie cells represent a novel phenomenon observed not only in pure SAR11 cultures but also in samples collected off Helgoland.

From Science Daily ● May 17, 2024

Helgoland and Borkum were labor camps run by the Nazis’ civil and military engineering arm.

From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2024

The tiny island of Helgoland in Europe’s North Sea is today both a tourist idyll and the center of a booming offshore wind-turbine industry.

From National Geographic ● Jan. 17, 2024

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 ● Mar. 18, 2023

On November 17, 1917, during an engagement off Helgoland one German light cruiser was sunk and another damaged.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. by Various

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