Visby

American  

[viz-bee, vees-by] / ˈvɪz bi, ˈvis bü /

noun

1. a seaport on the Swedish island of Gotland, in the Baltic: an important member of the Hanseatic League.

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Visby British  

/ ˈviːsbyː /

noun

1. a port in SE Sweden, on NW Gotland Island in the Baltic: an early member of the Hanseatic League and major N European commercial centre in the Middle Ages. Pop: 22 017 (2000 est)

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Visby

Austin is traveling on the HMS Harnosand, the Visby class corvette warship, between two islands in the southern Stockholm archipelago.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2023

Lieutenant General Michael Claesson, Chief of Joint Operations at the Armed Forces, told Reuters that from Thursday troops were patrolling the harbour and airport of Visby, Gotland's main town.

From Reuters ● Jan. 13, 2022

That Gotland needs “firemen” has been known since the 1361 Visby plunder, when, legend has it, the town paid the Danes a huge ransom just to be ransacked anyway, Mr. Jonson said half-jokingly.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 5, 2020

Among ships in Ingaro Bay were the Trosso, the Stockholm and the Visby, which have advanced equipment to look for submarines, Swedish media report.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2014

I wish that the artist had lived long enough to take me down to the harbor of Visby and let me see those same burghers, when they followed the departing fleet with their eyes.

From Invisible Links by Selma Lagerlöf