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Wilhelmshaven

[ vil-helms-hah-fuhn ]

noun

  1. a seaport in NW Germany, NW of Bremen, on the North Sea.


Wilhelmshaven

/ vɪlhɛlmsˈhaːfən /

noun

  1. a port and resort in NW Germany, in Lower Saxony: founded in 1853; was the chief German North Sea naval base until 1945; a major oil port. Pop: 84 586 (2003 est)


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They supposed he was bringing cargo in his galliot from Wilhelmshaven, all the company's plant and stores coming from that port.

Of the three instruments at Wilhelmshaven, only one showed any movement at the time of the earthquake.

On one occasion a half-flotilla of boats were lying alongside their parent ship in Wilhelmshaven.

It was claimed that the U-53 had made the trip from Wilhelmshaven in seventeen days.

He sank several—and is now waiting impatiently outside of Wilhelmshaven for more.

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