Hamburg
a state in N Germany. 288 sq. mi. (746 sq. km).
a city in and the capital of this state, on the Elbe River: the largest seaport in continental Europe.
a town in W New York.
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How to use Hamburg in a sentence
Few places outside the United States felt the reverberations from the attacks more than the port city of Hamburg.
In the shadow of the towers: Five lives and a world transformed | Joby Warrick, Souad Mekhennet | September 2, 2021 | Washington PostUntil that happens and until it’s clear how well the vaccines prevent transmission, other safety measures will still be needed, Hamburg stressed.
Here are answers to 6 burning questions about COVID-19 vaccines | Jonathan Lambert | December 8, 2020 | Science NewsSo when a meteorite fell on a frozen lake in Hamburg, Michigan in early 2018 and was recovered within two days by a meteorite hunter who then brought it to the Field Museum in Chicago, scientists were intrigued.
Pristine 'fireball’ meteorite contains extraterrestrial organic compounds | Rachael Zisk | October 29, 2020 | Popular-ScienceWithout meteorite hunter Robert Ward and private collector Terry Boudreaux, he says, the Hamburg meteorite might not have been recovered before it was exposed to liquid water and its original organic compounds mixed up with terrestrial compounds.
Pristine 'fireball’ meteorite contains extraterrestrial organic compounds | Rachael Zisk | October 29, 2020 | Popular-ScienceHamburg is impressed by the accelerated timeline of the Covid-19 efforts.
Will a Covid-19 Vaccine Change the Future of Medical Research? (Ep. 430) | Stephen J. Dubner | August 27, 2020 | Freakonomics
Outposts budded in Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Geneva, and various other burgs, including, yes, Amsterdam.
The Life and Art of Radical Provocateur—and Commune Leader—Otto Muehl | Anthony Haden-Guest | September 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn July 1943 the full horror of total war was visited on the German city of Hamburg.
Life Under Air Strikes: Children Under Fire Will Never Forget — or Forgive | Clive Irving | August 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Indra Musik Club, site of the first Beatles gig in Hamburg, still hosts live music.
Catch Beatles Fever! Ten Essential Travel Destinations for Beatlemaniacs | Lonely Planet | January 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTJohn Lennon once said, “I might have been born in Liverpool, but I grew up in Hamburg.”
Catch Beatles Fever! Ten Essential Travel Destinations for Beatlemaniacs | Lonely Planet | January 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe last two Hamburg gigs, in November and December of 1962, involved another 90 hours of performing.
The Beatles Succeeded Through Talent, Ambition, and a Lot of Arrogance | Andrew Romano | November 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHer mother was from Hamburg, and had taken lessons of Deppe there when they were both quite young.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayThere are any number of these latter in Hamburg, and you have no idea how fascinating many of them are—so handsome and so bright.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayThe Marshal reached his headquarters at Hamburg early in February, and soon found his hands full.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonHamburg writhed impotent at his feet and the "heavy arm of justice fell on the canaille."
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonHe had laid in huge supplies, and built a bridge of wood two leagues long joining Haarburg and Hamburg.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattison
British Dictionary definitions for Hamburg
/ (ˈhæmbɜːɡ) /
a city-state and port in NW Germany, on the River Elbe: the largest port in Germany; a founder member of the Hanseatic League; became a free imperial city in 1510 and a state of the German empire in 1871; university (1919); extensive shipyards. Pop: 1 734 083 (2003 est)
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Cultural definitions for Hamburg
[ (ham-burg, hahm-boorg) ]
City in northern Germany on the Elbe River, near where it meets the North Sea.
Notes for Hamburg
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