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Hamburg

proper nounnounattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈhæmbɜːɡ//
  • United States//ˈhæmbɝɡ//

The second largest city in, and a state of, Germany.

proper noun

  1. 1

    The second largest city in, and a state of, Germany.

  2. 2

    Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city: A city, the county seat of Ashley County, Arkansas.

  3. 3

    Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city: A community in the town of Lyme, New London County, Connecticut.

  4. 4

    Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city: A village in Calhoun County, Illinois.

  5. 5

    Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city: An unincorporated community in Clark County, Indiana.

  6. 6

    Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city: An unincorporated community in Franklin County, Indiana.

  7. 7

    Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city: A small city in Fremont County, Iowa.

  8. 8

    Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city: An unincorporated community in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana.

  9. 9

    Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city: A small city in Carver County, Minnesota.

  10. 10

    Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city: A ghost town in St. Charles County, Missouri.

  11. 11

    Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city: A borough of Sussex County, New Jersey.

  12. 12

    Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city: A large town in Erie County, New York.

  13. 13

    Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city: An unincorporated community in Fairfield County, Ohio.

  14. 14

    Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city: An unincorporated community in Preble County, Ohio.

  15. 15

    Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city: A borough of Berks County, Pennsylvania.

  16. 16

    Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city: A ghost town in Aiken County, South Carolina.

  17. 17

    Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city: A small town and unincorporated community in Marathon County, Wisconsin.

  18. 18

    Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city: A small town in Vernon County, Wisconsin.

  19. 19

    A town in the Eastern Cape, South Africa; named for the German city.

  20. 20

    Hamburger SV, a German football club.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂mder. Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂méh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *hanmōder.? Proto-Germanic *hammō Old High German hammeder.? Old High German Hamme Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰsder.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ-der.? Proto-Germanic *burgz Proto-West Germanic *burg Old High German burg Old High German Hammaburg German Hamburgbor. English Hamburg Borrowed from German Hamburg.

noun

  1. 1

    A Hamburg chicken.

  2. 2

    A variety of black grape.

Forms

plural
Hamburgs
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