ROSTOCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rostock mean? 

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

1. a city in northeastern Germany near the Baltic sea; an important member of the Hanseatic League in the 14th century

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROSTOCK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A city in northeastern Germany near the Baltic sea; an important member of the Hanseatic League in the 14th century

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Rostock" is a part of...):

Deutschland; Federal Republic of Germany; FRG; Germany (a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990)

Holonyms ("Rostock" 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)