hamburg Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. 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

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Ham"burg noun
Definitions
  1. A commercial city of Germany, near the mouth of the Elbe.

Webster 1913