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Libau

American  
[lee-bau] / ˈli baʊ /

noun

  1. German name of Liepāja.


Libau British  
/ ˈliːbau /

noun

  1. the German name for Liepāja

"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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David, his mother and a brother took a ship at Libau, Latvia.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Germans trapped between Memel and Riga began trying to escape from Libau, Latvia's second-largest port, and from the port of Windau farther north, under a hail of fire from Red planes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Large Soviet forces arrived this week in Libau and Windau, so large that Latvians feared more Red Army troops would be quartered on them than there are soldiers in the Latvian Army.

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A third division had been formed at Libau to reinforce the fleet.

From Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima by John Richard Hale

It was to be joined at Libau by a miscellaneous collection of craft—some small cruisers and a number of merchantmen to be used as auxiliary cruisers, store, hospital, and repair ships.

From Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima by John Richard Hale

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