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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).


Klaipeda British  
/ ˈklajpɪdə /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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 • Feb. 22, 2023

Landlocked Belarus previously relied on shipments of 12.5 million tonnes of potash a year from the Baltic Sea port of Klaipeda in Lithuania.

From Reuters • Feb. 18, 2022

Mr. Udovickij has a clear interest in keeping freight trains from Belarus running to Klaipeda.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2022

“They guys on the team got me the ball,” the 6-foot-11 native of Klaipeda, Lithuania said.

From Washington Times • Nov. 16, 2015

Lithuania     benefits from its ice-free port at Klaipeda on the Baltic Sea and its rail     and highway hub at Vilnius, which provides land communication between     Eastern Europe and Russia, Latvia, Estonia, and Belarus.

From The 1992 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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