Duisburg
[ dys-boo rk ]
/ ˈdüs bʊərk /
noun
a city in W Germany, at the junction of the Rhine and Ruhr rivers: the largest river port in Europe; formed 1929 from the cities of Duisburg and Hamborn.
Formerly
Duis·burg-Ham·born
[dys-boo rk-hahm-bawrn] /ˈdüsˌbʊərkˈhɑm bɔrn/.
Example sentences from the Web for duisburg
To-day Duisburg, with the amalgamated Ruhrort and Meiderich, has a population of 244,000.
German Problems and Personalities |Charles SaroleaKrummacher was a teacher of theology in the Reformed University of Duisburg.
The Story of Our Hymns |Ernest Edwin RydenDuisburg (dis-bu¨rh), a flourishing town in Rhenish Prussia, 13 miles north of Dsseldorf.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia |VariousHe was educated at Duisburg, Zrich and Bonn, where he distinguished himself by gymnastics as much as by study.
British Dictionary definitions for duisburg
Duisburg
/ (German ˈdyːsbʊrk) /
noun
an industrial city in NW Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia at the confluence of the Rivers Rhine and Ruhr: one of the world's largest and busiest inland ports; university (1972). Pop: 506 496 (2003 est)