Associations to the word «Memel»

Wiktionary

MEMEL, proper noun. (chiefly historical) A city, historically part of East Prussia, now called Klaipėda and part of Lithuania.
MEMEL, proper noun. A river that runs by this city; the Neman.

Dictionary definition

MEMEL, noun. A city in western Lithuania on the Baltic Sea; formerly an important trading town of the Hanseatic League.

Wise words

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