Rostock

American

[ros-tok, raws-tawk] / ˈrɒs tɒk, ˈrɔs tɔk /

noun

a seaport in N Germany, on the Baltic.

Rostock British

/ ˈrɒstɒk /

noun

a port in NE Germany, in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania on the Warnow estuary 13 km (8 miles) from the Baltic and its outport, Warnemünde: the chief port of the former East Germany; university (1419). Pop: 198 303 (2003 est)

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A yacht called Andromeda was rented from a company in Rostock, on Germany’s Baltic shore, according to German investigators.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Haug and her colleagues worked with researchers from the University of Rostock and the University of Oulu in Finland to study the fossil in detail.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

At the time of his arrest, German prosecutors said Kuznietsov used forged identity documents to charter a yacht that departed from the German city of Rostock to carry out the attacks.

From Barron's • Oct. 23, 2025

Victoria was born in 1996 at Rostock Zoo in Germany and had previously given birth at Aalborg Zoo in Denmark in 2008.

From BBC • May 20, 2025

Having completed his studies in Rostock, and with his future secured by the promise of a canonry, in the middle of 1568 Tycho set off on his travels again.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

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