Cuxhaven

[ koo ks-hah-fuh n ]

/ ˌkʊksˈhɑ fən /

a seaport in NW Germany, at the mouth of the Elbe River.

Example sentences from the Web for cuxhaven

Soon after we left Cuxhaven, Mrs. Liebling came to have her hair dressed.

Atlantis |Gerhart Hauptmann
Thirty-five miles from Cuxhaven the night came on us, and, as the navigation of the Elbe is perilous, we dropped anchor.

Biographia Literaria |Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The projected raid upon Cuxhaven was a reply to the Huns' empty boast.

Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. |Percy F. Westerman
Our crew were not good men; they were grumbling much, as your English word is, from the hour of our leaving Cuxhaven.'

My Danish Sweetheart., Volume 1 of 3 |William Clark Russell

Anyway, we settled to sail in company direct to Cuxhaven, in the Elbe.

The Riddle of the Sands |Erskine Childers

Cuxhaven

/ (ˈkʊksˌhɑːvən, German kʊksˈhaːfən) /

a port in NW Germany, at the mouth of the River Elbe. Pop: 52 876 (2003 est)