Danzig
English
Proper noun
Danzig
- 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.
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- A surname.
Translations
the former name of Gdańsk — See also translations at Gdańsk
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German
Alternative forms
- Dantzig (already used in Early New High German, obsolete)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdantsiç/
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Proper noun
Danzig n (proper noun, genitive Danzigs or (optionally with an article) Danzig)
- 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)
- a surname
Portuguese
Proper noun
Danzig f
- Gdańsk, Danzig (the capital city of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)
- Synonym: Gdansk
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