n; Ger. ry-guhn] 
| an island in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, off the NE coast, in the Baltic Sea. 87,200; 358 sq. mi. (926 sq. km). |
Rü·gen  (rōō'gən, rü'-) An island of northeast Germany in the Baltic Sea. Separated from the mainland by a narrow channel, it was seized by Denmark in 1168, passed to Pomerania in 1325 and to Sweden in 1648, and became part of Prussia in 1815. |