Hamburg
['hæmbə:ɡ]
Definition
(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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Definition
(n.) A commercial city of Germany, near the mouth of the Elbe.
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Definition
n. a black variety of grape—often Black Hamburg: a small-sized variety of the domestic fowl with blue legs including the Black Gold- and Silver-pencilled and Gold- and Silver-spangled Hamburgs.
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Examples
- The latest achievement in marine architecture, however, is the Deutschland, built for the Hamburg-American Company. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Startop could make out, after a few minutes, which steamer was first, and gave me the word Hamburg, in a low voice, as we sat face to face. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The steamer for Hamburg and the steamer for Rotterdam would start from London at about nine on Thursday morning. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I had not been in command long before I selected Hamburg as the place to put the Army of the Ohio when it arrived. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The roads from Pittsburg and Hamburg to Corinth converge some eight miles out. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- If it is usual, for example, for the merchants of England to pay for the goods which they buy of Hamburg, Dantzic, Riga, etc. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In 1863, at the great International Exposition at Hamburg, the McCormick reaper again took the grand prize. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Pittsburg is only about twenty miles from Corinth, and Hamburg landing, four miles further up the river, is a mile or two nearer. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- A fine example is shown in Fig. 92, which represents the quadruple expansion engines of the Deutschland, the new steamer of the Hamburg-American Line. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Hamburg grapes. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- We found that a steamer for Hamburg was likely to suit our purpose best, and we directed our thoughts chiefly to that vessel. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He went into camp at Hamburg landing five miles above Pittsburg. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Thirdly, and lastly, In some places, as at Amsterdam, Hamburg, Venice, etc. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The agio of the bank of Hamburg, for example, which is said to be commonly about fourteen per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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