Rostock
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- proper noun
- Today, Joachim Gauck, a Lutheran pastor from Rostock, is the director of the federal commission that oversees state security files in the former East Germany.
- port city of Rostock
- city of Rostock
- Rostock, Germany
Examples
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The Cesca was unused, until February, 2004, when the group struck again, this time in Rostock.
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Gerlach came to Rostock later in 1922 and tried in vain to observe it in sodium vapor; similar efforts by others had the same outcome.
Academic text (2003) -
So then we went to from Berlin, we went to Rostock and then a couple of other towns, finishing up in Poppenberg.
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He had been a full professor of theoretical physics at Rostock from 1933 to 1944.
Academic text (1999) -
Couple of years back, we went into Rostock to help the DEA... ...take out some big-time Russian heroin drug lords.
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Exeter had been bombed in retaliation for RAF raids on Lübeck and Rostock.
Fiction book (2002) -
The astronomer had part of his nose sliced off in a 1566 duel with a fellow nobleman while a student in the German city of Rostock, and the missing piece was replaced by a metal plate.
Blog text (4) -
She traveled from Hamburg to Cologne, Berlin, Munich, Rostock, and Sassnitz before returning to Hamburg, according to Hamburg police.
Blog text (19) -
Rostock is a beautiful city located near the Baltic Sea in northeastern Germany.
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Many tourists visit Rostock to explore its rich history as a member of the Hanseatic League.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rostock comes from an old Slavic word roztok meaning 'river mouth' or 'a place where a river spreads out into the sea'. That's why Rostock grew at the point where the Warnow River meets the Baltic Sea and became an important port city.