Zeebrugge

[ zee-broo g-uh; Flemish zey-brœkh-uh ]

/ ˈziˌbrʊg ə; Flemish ˈzeɪˌbrœx ə /

a seaport in NW Belgium: part of the city of Bruges; German submarine base in World War I.

Example sentences from the Web for zeebrugge

An old submarine filled with explosives was used to blow up the piling beside the Mole at Zeebrugge.

Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights |Kelly Miller
That's Zeebrugge with the houses showing over the sand-hills.

H.M.S. ---- |Klaxon
So, the decision to block the entrance at Zeebrugge having been reached, the best position for blocking had to be considered.

The Blocking of Zeebrugge |Alfred F. B. Carpenter
He can bombard Ostend and Zeebrugge and all those funny little places in two-twos.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Sept. 12, 1917 |Various

The Germans had been through and stayed one night, the 7th, the day we landed at Zeebrugge.

The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) |James Edward Parrott

Zeebrugge

/ (Flemish ˈzeːbryxə, English ˈziːˌbrʊɡə) /

a port in NW Belgium, in W Flanders on the North Sea: linked by canal with Bruges; German submarine base in World War I