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Hamburg
[ ham-burg; German hahm-boork ]
noun
- 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.
Hamburg
/ ˈhæmbɜːɡ /
noun
- 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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Outposts budded in Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Geneva, and various other burgs, including, yes, Amsterdam.
In July 1943 the full horror of total war was visited on the German city of Hamburg.
The Indra Musik Club, site of the first Beatles gig in Hamburg, still hosts live music.
John Lennon once said, “I might have been born in Liverpool, but I grew up in Hamburg.”
The last two Hamburg gigs, in November and December of 1962, involved another 90 hours of performing.
Her mother was from Hamburg, and had taken lessons of Deppe there when they were both quite young.
There are any number of these latter in Hamburg, and you have no idea how fascinating many of them are—so handsome and so bright.
The Marshal reached his headquarters at Hamburg early in February, and soon found his hands full.
Hamburg writhed impotent at his feet and the "heavy arm of justice fell on the canaille."
He had laid in huge supplies, and built a bridge of wood two leagues long joining Haarburg and Hamburg.
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