MEMEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Memel mean? 

• MEMEL (noun)
  The noun MEMEL has 1 sense:

1. a city in western Lithuania on the Baltic Sea; formerly an important trading town of the Hanseatic League

  Familiarity information: MEMEL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEMEL (noun)

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 ("Memel" is a part of...):

Lietuva; Lithuania; Republic of Lithuania (a republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea)

Holonyms ("Memel" 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)