Kiel

[ keel ]

noun

1. the capital of Schleswig-Holstein in N Germany, at the Baltic end of the Kiel Canal.

Kiel

/ kiːl /

noun

1. a port in N Germany, capital of Schleswig-Holstein state, on the Kiel Canal (connecting the North Sea with the Baltic): joined the Hanseatic League in 1284; became part of Denmark in 1773 and passed to Prussia in 1866; an important naval base in World Wars I and II; shipbuilding and engineering industries. Pop: 233 039 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

I think Richard Kiel did, God bless him, but according to Rob, there was really only one person who could play the role.

From The Daily Beast

As we were nearing the hot glow in the sky that denoted Kiel we passed a huge scintillating bulk moored in mid-stream.

From Project Gutenberg

Ominous disturbances were breaking out in all parts of the Fatherland, including a mutiny at Kiel.

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One day in a peat moss litter works some distance from Kiel a worker met with a serious injury.

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Bruce, you take the south patrol, and Kiel, you take the north one.

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I had talked to him in the streets of Kiel a couple of days before.

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