Heligoland

[ hel-i-goh-land ]

/ ˈhɛl ɪ goʊˌlænd /

noun

Helgoland.

Example sentences from the Web for heligoland

The distance from Heligoland to Kiel is about ninety land miles, and to Wilhelmshaven about forty-five.

Aircraft and Submarines |Willis J. Abbot.
There is plenty of Frisian verse in general; but little enough of the particular Frisian of Heligoland.

The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies |Robert Gordon Latham
As soon as he arrived in Heligoland he became absorbed in his work.

Life of Elie Metchnikoff, 1845-1916 |Olga Metchnikoff
The first naval action of the war was that in the Bight of Heligoland.

The Harwich Naval Forces |E. F. Knight

It was chiefly from the small island of Heligoland that they found their way to the Continent.

Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete |Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne

British Dictionary definitions for heligoland

Heligoland

/ (ˈhɛlɪɡəʊˌlænd) /

noun

a small island in the North Sea, one of the North Frisian Islands, separated from the coast of NW Germany by the Heligoland Bight : administratively part of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein: a large island in early medieval times, now eroded to an area of about 150 hectares (380 acres); ceded by Britain to Germany in 1890 in exchange for Zanzibar German name: Helgoland

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