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ROSTOCK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Rostock mean?
• ROSTOCK (noun)
The noun ROSTOCK has 1 sense:
1. a city in northeastern Germany near the Baltic sea; an important member of the Hanseatic League in the 14th century
Familiarity information: ROSTOCK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city in northeastern Germany near the Baltic sea; an important member of the Hanseatic League in the 14th century
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Rostock" is a part of...):
Deutschland; Federal Republic of Germany; FRG; Germany (a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990)
Holonyms ("Rostock" 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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