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KLAIPEDA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Klaipeda mean?
• KLAIPEDA (noun)
The noun KLAIPEDA has 1 sense:
1. a city in western Lithuania on the Baltic Sea; formerly an important trading town of the Hanseatic League
Familiarity information: KLAIPEDA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city in western Lithuania on the Baltic Sea; formerly an important trading town of the Hanseatic League
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Klaipeda; Memel
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Klaipeda" is a part of...):
Lietuva; Lithuania; Republic of Lithuania (a republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea)
Holonyms ("Klaipeda" is a member of...):
Hanseatic League (a commercial and defensive confederation of free cities in northern Germany and surrounding areas; formed in 1241 and most influential in the 14th century when it included over 100 towns and functioned as an independent political power; the last official assembly was held in 1669)
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