Hamburg
- proper noun
- As the largest port in Germany, Hamburg plays a crucial role in international trade.
- Hamburg, Germany
- University of Hamburg
- museum in Hamburg
So we need to postpone our short road trip to Hamburg and Northern Germany a bit.
- So we need to postpone our short road trip to Hamburg and Northern Germany a bit.
- He's the boss of the hospital in Hamburg.
- It's Trixie from Hamburg, Germany, and it's time to spin the view of mysticality.
- Another really fun thing you can do at my Pop Up studio is visit my history in your Hamburg exhibition.
Examples
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The St. Louis set sail from the Hamburg-Amerika docks on May 13, bound for Cuba.
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She was born in Hamburg, the daughter of a pastor and a teacher.
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The last I heard, he was in Hamburg.
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Walter was the second son of a Hamburg property owner.
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I must say, I'm looking forward to our little trip to Hamburg.
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So we need to postpone our short road trip to Hamburg and Northern Germany a bit.
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His last known sighting is Hamburg, Germany, in 2011.
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The St. Louis cleared for Hamburg, Germany, according to the Cuban customs authorities.
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I've booked The Four Seasons, but The Four Seasons in Hamburg is the poshest hotel I've ever been in.
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But I put politics out of my mind and rang the doorbell of the apartment on Hamburg's Bundesstrasse.
Academic text (1999)
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hamburg comes from the old name Hammaburg. The part burg means 'fort' or 'walled town' and Hamm meant a 'river meadow', so the name originally meant 'the fort by the river meadow', which fits the city's large port on the Elbe.