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Lübeck

[ly-bek]
noun
  1. a seaport in N Germany: important Baltic port in the medieval Hanseatic League.
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Historical Examples

  • What most annoyed the king at this time was the importunate demands of Lubeck.

    The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa

    Paul Barron Watson

  • So that at the close of 1526 the Lubeck envoys were still clamoring for their pay.

  • The question of the Lubeck debt is ably treated by Forssell in his Sver.

  • I wonder what they would think of us at, Lubeck if they could just see us now!

    Fritz and Eric

    John Conroy Hutcheson

  • Time passed on at Lubeck, the same as it does everywhere else.

    Fritz and Eric

    John Conroy Hutcheson

British Dictionary definitions for lubeck

Lübeck

noun
  1. a port in N Germany, in Schleswig-Holstein on the Baltic: the leading member of the Hanseatic League, and a major European commercial centre until the 15th century. Pop: 212 754 (2003 est)
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