Associations to the word «Hamburg»

Pictures for the word «Hamburg»

Wiktionary

HAMBURG, proper noun. One of the component states of Germany according to the current administrative division of the nation.
HAMBURG, proper noun. A city in Germany.
HAMBURG EDGING, noun. A kind of embroidered work done by machinery on cambric or muslin, and used for trimming.
HAMBURG LAKE, noun. A purplish crimson pigment resembling cochineal.
HAMBURG STEAK, noun. Hamburger.
HAMBURG STEAK, noun. Alternative form of Hamburg steak

Dictionary definition

HAMBURG, 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.

Wise words

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