Memel
Americannoun
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the German name for Klaipeda
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the lower course of the Neman River
Example Sentences
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A few days later, he took Memel from Lithuania.
From Time Magazine Archive
Earlier in the week, bald and black-mustached General Ivan Bagramian�the onetime Armenian herdsman and train mechanic who first reached the Gulf of Riga last summer�reached the sea again, this time 15 miles north of Memel.
From Time Magazine Archive
Reason: Hitler seized last spring the only important Lithuanian harbor, Memel.
From Time Magazine Archive
Adolf Hitler did not think that last week was a propitious time to take over Memel.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Queen and royal family were at Memel, the farthest outpost of Prussia's shattered domain.
From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan
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