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Helgoland
[ hel-goh-lahnt ]
noun
- a German island in the North Sea. ¼ sq. mi. (0.6 sq. km).
Helgoland
/ ˈhɛlɡolant /
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This period also brought to Germany the island of Helgoland in exchange for certain readjustments of boundaries in Africa.
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Helgoland: an island in the North Sea, belonging to Prussia.
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Germany calls Helgoland the "fortress impregnable," and the developments of the war seem to indicate that the description fits.
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The Bight of Helgoland is the passage about eighteen miles wide between the island and the German coast.
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The island of Helgoland had been a British possession from 1807 till 1890, when it was transferred to Germany by treaty.
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