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GDANSK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Gdansk mean?
• GDANSK (noun)
The noun GDANSK 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: GDANSK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("Gdansk" 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 ("Gdansk" 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)
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