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Stralsund

American  
[shtrahl-zoont] / ˈʃtrɑl zʊnt /

noun

  1. a seaport in NE Germany: a member of the medieval Hanseatic League; besieged by Wallenstein 1628.


Stralsund British  
/ ˈʃtraːlzʊnt /

noun

  1. a port in NE Germany, in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania on a strait of the Baltic: one of the leading towns of the Hanseatic League. Pop: 59 140 (2003 est)

"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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Mr Lawrence explains that the Stralsund facility will feature a containment area designed to capture jet water and toxic substances that have been blasted off the ships.

From BBC Oct. 5, 2023

“This year we have to choose the lesser evil,” said Karin, 64, who was visiting Stralsund in Merkel’s home constituency this past week to see the chancellor appear alongside Laschet.

From Washington Post Sep. 25, 2021

Vilana Cassing and Tim Taugnitz, both students in their early 20s, were vacationing in Stralsund and saw the posters advertising the event and Ms. Merkel’s attendance.

From New York Times Sep. 23, 2021

But in a town hall in the coastal town of Stralsund in 2019, she was asked what she’d like children to read about her in history books in 50 years time.

From Seattle Times Sep. 14, 2021

We had now made up our minds that Stralsund, one of the rumoured destinations, was to be our new "home."

From 13 Days The Chronicle of an Escape from a German Prison by Caunter, John Alan Lyde

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