Visby

[ viz-bee; Swedish vees-by ]

noun

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

Visby

/ 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)

Example Sentences

This island, or rather its capital, the town of Visby, had been in ages past the leader of the Hanseatic League.

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He now set forth, as admiral of the Swedish fleet, to besiege the town of Visby.

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Visby passed into the hands of Lubeck, and the pirate returned to Bleking to guard his fief.

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A meagre chronicle of events in Visby, composed by various unknown hands in the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries.

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It was the trade with the East that originally gave importance to the city of Visby in Gotland.

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