Stralsund

[ shtrahl-zoo nt ]

/ ˈʃtrɑl zʊnt /

noun

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

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Examples from the Web for stralsund

She could not think it possible that anybody should ever get anything in Stralsund.
The Benefactress|Elizabeth Beauchamp
And the next day she arrived at Stralsund, and was met by her brother at the station.
The Benefactress|Elizabeth Beauchamp
Before long he was himself practically cooped up in Stralsund, while the enemies' ships controlled the Baltic.
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He was then at Stralsund; and it was believed that the King of Sweden would give him a command.
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete|Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne

The same doom awaited the Swedes, and they fled precipitately to winter quarters behind the cannon of Stralsund.
The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power|John S. C. Abbott

British Dictionary definitions for stralsund

Stralsund

/ (German ˈʃtraːlzʊnt) /

noun

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)

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