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English
Proper noun
Memel
- (chiefly historical) A city, historically part of East Prussia, now called Klaipėda and part of Lithuania.
- A river in Lithuania that runs by this city; the Neman.
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German
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
die Memel f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Memel)
- the Memel, the Neman (a river in Lithuania that runs by this city)
Proper noun
Memel n (proper noun, genitive Memels or (optionally with an article) Memel)
- Memel, Klaipėda (a city in Lithuania)
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from German Memel.
Proper noun
Memel
- Memel, Klaipėda (a city in Lithuania)
- Synonym: Klaipeda