Lübeck

[ ly-bek ]

/ ˈlü bɛk /

noun

a seaport in N Germany: important Baltic port in the medieval Hanseatic League.

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Example sentences from the Web for lubeck

Gustavus entered into an alliance with Lubeck, and it sent a fleet to Stockholm, thus encircling it also from the sea.
Sweden|Victor Nilsson
The next morning, the island of Lubeck bore from south 14° west to south 55° west, five leagues distant.
An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island|John Hunter
Grotius set out in an open waggon for Lubeck, and arrived at Rostock on the 26th of August very ill.
The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius|Jean Lvesque de Burigny
In the Rathhaus—which is one of the quaintest buildings in Lubeck—there is an odd old chimney-piece.
Glimpses of Three Coasts|Helen Hunt Jackson

The hard-hearted police set him free—literally threw him out of the prison, and he returned to his wife in Lubeck.
Twenty Years a Detective in the Wickedest City in the World|Clifton R. Wooldridge

British Dictionary definitions for lubeck

Lübeck

/ (German ˈlyːbɛk) /

noun

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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