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Schleswig.

A geographic area and former Danish duchy in Northern Europe, located on the southern Jutland peninsula between the rivers Eider and Kongeå; now politically divided between Denmark and Germany.

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈʃlɛsvɪɡ//ˈʃlɛswɪɡ/
  1. A geographic area and former Danish duchy in Northern Europe, located on the southern Jutland peninsula between the rivers Eider and Kongeå; now politically divided between Denmark and Germany.

  2. A town, the administrative seat of Schleswig-Flensburg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

  3. A small city in Crawford County, Iowa.

  4. A town in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from German Schleswig, from the Schlei, a narrow inlet of the Baltic.

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