Bremerhaven
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- proper noun
- Bremerhaven did not have sufficient accommodation for migrants when ship departures were delayed, except for barns and stables.
- port of Bremerhaven
Examples
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About 3,500 emigrants passed through Bremen/Bremerhaven in 1831.
Academic text (1993) -
By the 18th, he had boarded his ship in Bremerhaven.
Academic text (1993) -
And they are to take you personally to Bremerhaven tonight... where you will accept your commission.
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After two and a half days, he was transferred to Bremerhaven and put on board a ship.
Academic text (1993) -
In the afternoon of the 16th, we were put on the train to Bremerhaven.
Academic text (1993) -
I was fortunate to depart from Bremerhaven when I did.
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He got out on the refugee boat from Bremerhaven.
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He's on a ship four days out of Bremerhaven on its way to Quebec.
Fiction book (1997) -
For almost a century, from the 1830s to 1914, Bremen and Bremerhaven provided emigrants with a service that was comparatively fast and efficient.
Academic text (1993) -
The cargo ship docked at Bremerhaven, Germany's key port city on the North Sea.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bremerhaven comes from the nearby city Bremen and the old word haven, which means 'harbor' or 'safe place'. So Bremerhaven literally means 'Bremen's harbor', which explains why it is a port city with a large harbor.