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Kiel Canal

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noun

  1. a canal connecting the North and Baltic seas. 61 miles (98 km) long.


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The S. S. Wimbledon was refused permission to enter the Kiel Canal because the German Government considered that such action would violate her neutrality in the Russo-Polish war.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nine judges agreed that Germany had no right to refuse passage through the Kiel Canal to the British steamship Wimbledon, which was carrying munitions of war to Poland.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the Kiel Canal she had as guest Wilhelm II.

From Time Magazine Archive

At Potsdam, he said, the U.S. had proposed that four of Europe's great waterways�the Rhine, the Danube, the Kiel Canal and the Black Sea Straits�be internationalized.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Kiel Canal has further a military purpose, providing a short line of communication for warships.

From The Panama Canal and its Makers by Cornish, Vaughan

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