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Kiel.

The capital city of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

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  1. The capital city of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

  2. A city in Calumet County and Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from German Kiel, named after Kiel Fjord of the Baltic Sea, from Old Norse kill (“gulf, bay”), from Proto-Germanic *kiljǭ, ultimately related to the verb *kīnaną (“to crack, split”). Doublet of kill (“creek”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.