Lübeck

[ ly-bek ]

noun

1. a seaport in N Germany: important Baltic port in the medieval Hanseatic League.

Lübeck

/ ˈlyːbɛk /

noun

1. a port in N Germany, in Schleswig-Holstein on the Baltic: the leading member of the Hanseatic League, and a major European commercial centre until the 15th century. Pop: 212 754 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

At sunrise the next morning he goes on board the steamer Svithiod, bound from Lubeck to Stockholm.

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He speaks much of the honourable reception which the Magistrates of Lubeck gave him.

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Leaving that city therefore, he went to a seaport two leagues distant, in order to embark for Lubeck.

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It was afterwards issued, and the Queen gave him a vessel, on board which he embarked the 12th of August for Lubeck.

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Grotius set out in an open waggon for Lubeck, and arrived at Rostock on the 26th of August very ill.

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