Danzig

English

Etymology

From German Danzig.

Proper noun

Danzig

  1. Gdańsk (especially in reference to the times when it was part of a German-speaking state such as Prussia or Germany).
    • 1939 November, Charles E. Lee, “Railways and the War I”, in Railway Magazine, page 318:
      Early on that Friday morning (September 1) it was announced by the Nazi Government of the Free City of Danzig that the territory desired incorporation in the German Reich, and almost immediately afterwards the German Chancellor accepted such inclusion forthwith.
  2. A surname.

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German

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdantsiç/
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  • IPA(key): /ˈdantsik/
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Proper noun

Danzig n (proper noun, genitive Danzigs or (optionally with an article) Danzig)

  1. Gdańsk, Danzig (the capital city of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)

Derived terms

Proper noun

Danzig m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Danzigs or (with an article) Danzig, feminine genitive Danzig, plural Danzigs)

  1. a surname

Further reading


Portuguese

Proper noun

Danzig f

  1. Gdańsk, Danzig (the capital city of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)
    Synonym: Gdansk
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