DANZIG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Danzig mean? 

• DANZIG (noun)
  The noun DANZIG has 1 sense:

1. a port city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea; a member of the Hanseatic League in the 14th century

  Familiarity information: DANZIG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DANZIG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A port city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea; a member of the Hanseatic League in the 14th century

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Danzig; Gdansk

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

Holonyms ("Danzig" is a part of...):

Poland; Polska; Republic of Poland (a republic in central Europe; the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 started World War II)

Holonyms ("Danzig" is a member of...):

Hanseatic League (a commercial and defensive confederation of free cities in northern Germany and surrounding areas; formed in 1241 and most influential in the 14th century when it included over 100 towns and functioned as an independent political power; the last official assembly was held in 1669)