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Hamburg

/ˈhæmbɝɡ/ · name

Meaning

  1. The second largest city in, and a state of, Germany.
  2. Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
  3. A variety of black grape.
  4. A village in Calhoun County, Illinois.
  5. A small city in Fremont County, Iowa.
  6. A city, the county seat of Ashley County, Arkansas.
  7. An unincorporated community in Franklin County, Indiana.
  8. A community in the town of Lyme, New London County, Connecticut.
  9. A Hamburg chicken.
  10. An unincorporated community in Clark County, Indiana.

Etymology / origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂mder. Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂méh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *hanmōder.? Proto-Germanic *hammō Old High German hammeder.? Old High German Hamme Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰsder.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ-der.? Proto-Germanic *burgz Proto-West Germanic *burg Old High German burg Old High German Hammaburg German Hamburgbor. English Hamburg Borrowed from German Hamburg.

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