HAMBURG

Hamburg

(noun) a port city in northern Germany on the Elbe River that was founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century and is today the largest port in Germany; in 1241 it formed an alliance with Lubeck that became the basis for the Hanseatic League

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Proper noun

Hamburg

The second-largest city in, and a state of, Germany.

A locale in United States; named for the German city.

A city, the county seat of Ashley County, Arkansas.

A community in the town of Lyme, New London County, Connecticut.

A village in Calhoun County, Illinois.

An unincorporated community in Clark County, Indiana.

An unincorporated community in Franklin County, Indiana.

A small city in Fremont County, Iowa.

An unincorporated community in Avoyelles Parish parish, Louisiana.

A small city in Carver County, Minnesota.

A ghost town in St. Charles County, Missouri.

A borough in Sussex County, New Jersey.

A large town in Erie County, New York.

An unincorporated community in Fairfield County, Ohio.

An unincorporated community in Preble County, Ohio.

A borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania.

A ghost town in Aiken County, South Carolina.

A small town and unincorporated community in Marathon County, Wisconsin.

A small town in Vernon County, Wisconsin.

A town in Eastern Cape, South Africa; named for the German city.

Hamburger SV, a German football club.

Noun

Hamburg (plural Hamburgs)

A Hamburg chicken.

A variety of black grape.

Noun

hamburg (plural hamburgs)

(slang, Midwestern US) hamburger (food)

Verb

hamburg (third-person singular simple present hamburgs, present participle hamburging, simple past and past participle hamburged)

(Grenada) To annoy.

Source: Wiktionary


Ham"burg, n.

Definition: A commercial city of Germany, near the mouth of the Elbe. Black Hamburg grape. See under Black.

– Hamburg , a kind of embroidered work done by machinery on cambric or muslin; -- used for trimming.

– Hamburg lake, a purplish crimson pigment resembling cochineal.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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