Schleswig
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Schleswig, from the Schlei, a narrow inlet of the Baltic.
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Schleswig
- An area of southern Jutland, between the rivers Eider and Kongeå, divided between Denmark and Germany.
- A town, the administrative seat of Schleswig-Flensburg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
- A city in Crawford County, Iowa.
- A town in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
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region
See also edit
- Schleswig (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
German edit
Etymology edit
From Danish Slesvig (literally “inlet of the Schlei”).
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Proper noun edit
Schleswig n (proper noun, genitive Schleswigs or (optionally with an article) Schleswig)
- An area of southern Jutland, between the rivers Eider and Kongeå, divided between Denmark and Germany.
- A town, the administrative seat of Schleswig-Flensburg district, Schleswig-Holstein
- A city in Crawford County, Iowa
- A town in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin