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Hamburg

Hamburg

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A city in northern Germany with the country's largest port on the Elbe River
  • proper noun
translation icon : Hamburgo
  • 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.

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Examples

  • The St. Louis set sail from the Hamburg-Amerika docks on May 13, bound for Cuba.

    Academic text (2017)
  • She was born in Hamburg, the daughter of a pastor and a teacher.

  • The last I heard, he was in Hamburg.

  • Walter was the second son of a Hamburg property owner.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • I must say, I'm looking forward to our little trip to Hamburg.

  • So we need to postpone our short road trip to Hamburg and Northern Germany a bit.

  • His last known sighting is Hamburg, Germany, in 2011.

  • The St. Louis cleared for Hamburg, Germany, according to the Cuban customs authorities.

    Academic text (2017)
  • I've booked The Four Seasons, but The Four Seasons in Hamburg is the poshest hotel I've ever been in.

  • But I put politics out of my mind and rang the doorbell of the apartment on Hamburg's Bundesstrasse.

    Academic text (1999)

Compounds

A plant with smooth leaves and a large white root used as a vegetable

Surface Forms

Hamburg main

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.