Wilhelmshaven

[vil-helms-hah-fuh n]

noun

a seaport in NW Germany, NW of Bremen, on the North Sea.

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Historical Examples of wilhelmshaven

The journey ended on the 25th of May, just one month after leaving Wilhelmshaven.
The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII)
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But Kiel, Wilhelmshaven and Zeebrugge are likely to change all this.
Aircraft and Submarines
Willis J. Abbot.
He evidently has no desire to share the fate of "Wilhelmshaven."
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, Jan. 29, 1919
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As we passed through the suburbs of Wilhelmshaven we began to get some inkling of where the food came from.
To Kiel in the 'Hercules'
Lewis R. Freeman
Steeples and factory chimneys and the loom of lofty barracks located Wilhelmshaven without revealing it.
To Kiel in the 'Hercules'
Lewis R. Freeman

British Dictionary definitions for wilhelmshaven

Wilhelmshaven

noun

a port and resort in NW Germany, in Lower Saxony: founded in 1853; was the chief German North Sea naval base until 1945; a major oil port. Pop: 84 586 (2003 est)

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