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Szczecin

American  
[shche-cheen] / ˈʃtʃɛ tʃin /

noun

  1. a seaport in NW Poland: formerly in Germany.


Szczecin British  
/ ˈʃtʃɛtsin /

noun

  1. German name: Stettin.  a port in NW Poland, on the River Oder: the busiest Polish port and leading coal exporter; shipbuilding. Pop: 435 000 (2005 est)

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The Danish wind turbine maker last year unveiled plans to build a new blade factory in Szczecin, near the Baltic Sea coast, to support Europe’s build-out of offshore wind parks.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 20, 2025

The Polish Institute of Meteorology and Water Management later extended the highest alert level from the four southern provinces to the mouth of the River Odra in Szczecin, where it spills into the Baltic Sea.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2024

Szymon Maksymiuk, who works for a tourist information centre in Szczecin, said the stories of people travelling to see Gacek were "mindblowing".

From Reuters Mar. 10, 2023

Steffi Lemke spoke Sunday at a news conference alongside her Polish counterpart, Anna Moskwa, after a meeting in Szczecin, a Polish city on the Oder River.

From Seattle Times Aug. 14, 2022

Monika Niklas, a 42-year-old mother of two from Szczecin, first attended Mass with Father Kancelarczyk not long after she had learned that her unborn baby had Down syndrome.

From New York Times Jul. 30, 2022

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