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Cuxhaven.

Cuxhaven (a town in Lower Saxony, Germany)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

name[kʊksˈhaːfn̩]
  1. Cuxhaven (a town in Lower Saxony, Germany)

    neuter · proper-noun
  2. Cuxhaven (a rural district of Lower Saxony, Germany)

    neuter · proper-noun
  3. Cuxhaven (an independent town in Lower Saxony, Germany)

    historical · neuter · proper-noun
Where this word comes from

Uncertain first and second element. The first element may be equivalent to Koog (“polder”) (from Old Saxon kōg, from Proto-West Germanic *kaug) due to its geographical position at a mudflat; the second part looks equivalent to German Hafen (“harbor”) but can also be Hof (“court, farm”) or even Hag (“hedge”) in a form like Gellershagen (an informal subdistrict of Bielefeld).

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