Klaipeda

American  

[klahy-pe-dah, klahy-pi-duh] / ˈklaɪ pɛ dɑ, ˈklaɪ pɪ də /

noun

1. a seaport in NW Lithuania, on the Baltic.

2. a former German territory including this seaport: now a part of Lithuania. 1,092 sq. mi. (2,828 sq. km).

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Klaipeda British  

/ ˈklajpɪdə /

noun

1. German name: Memel.  a port in Lithuania on the Baltic: shipbuilding and fish canning. Pop: 190 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

Similarly, Lithuania, which neighbours Estonia, raised security alert levels at its Klaipeda liquefied natural gas import terminal, gas pipelines and other strategic energy assets as a result of the damage on the Balticconnector gas pipeline.

From Reuters

From the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda, where the inspections for pests and plant diseases will take place from Wednesday, the grain can be exported by sea around the world.

From Seattle Times

Two tugs with firefighting capacity are on their way to the vessel, which was en route from the Lithuanian port city of Klaipeda to the port of Riga.

From Seattle Times

The pipeline carries gas from Lithuania’s Baltic port of Klaipeda to neighboring Latvia.

From Seattle Times

Lithuania could handle some 8 million tons a year via its Klaipeda port on the Baltic, though can only manage to get 1 million tons via Polish railways, according to the country’s transport minister.

From Seattle Times