Klaipeda
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- proper noun
- They could have independence only if the U.S.S.R. were fully compensated for all its postwar investments in the republic, if Klaipeda were ceded to the U.S.S.R., and if Lithuania were restored to its October 1939 borders.
- Klaipeda on the Baltic
- port of Klaipeda
- Klaipeda, Lithuania
Examples
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Many tourists visit Klaipeda to enjoy its picturesque landscapes and historical sites.
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Klaipeda is a beautiful city located on the Baltic Sea in western Klaipeda.
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You told me I must give this lecture in the cities of Vilnius, Klaipeda, Silute, and ...
Fiction book (1998) -
With Danish support, the World Bank has created an energy program in Klaipeda that uses low-temperature geothermal energy to supply district heating.
Academic text (1996) -
Now docked at the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda on the Baltic shore, this vessel is already fully operational.
Academic text (2015) -
There are a number of such projects underway in the region's "hot spots," including Kaliningrad, Klaipeda, Liepaja, Tallinn, and Vilnius.
Academic text (1993) -
Most of their party's victories came in Klaipeda and in rural districts where collective-farm chairmen and local officials dominated the voting lists.
Academic text (1990) -
The Baltic Sea ferry connects Klaipeda with several other important ports in the region.
Synonyms
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A city in western Lithuania on the Baltic Sea, now called Klaipėda
Surface Forms
Etymology
Klaipeda probably comes from an old Baltic word such as klaip- meaning 'flat' or 'sandy place' by the sea. A helpful way to remember it is that Klaipeda is a low, sandy port on the Baltic Sea, so the name matches the town.