Stralsund

American  

[shtrahl-zoont] / ˈʃtrɑl zʊnt /

noun

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

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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)

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Stralsund

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

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

“He will make sure that our wealth is kept,” said Merkel, who represents Stralsund in parliament and has served as chancellor for 16 years.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 22, 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

These privileges were preserved by Stralsund during the whole of the sixteenth century, in spite of the decline of the Hanseatic bond.--Translator.

From Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster by Bartholomew Sastrow

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