a fishing port in N Germany, in Schleswig-Holstein state: on an inlet of the Baltic. Pop: 24 288 (2003 est)
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a former duchy, in the S Jutland Peninsula: annexed by Prussia in 1864; N part returned to Denmark after a plebiscite in 1920; S part forms part of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein
Danish name: Slesvig
Schleswig in American English
(ˈʃlɛswɪg; German ˈʃleɪsvɪç)
region in the S Jutland peninsula, divided between Denmark & Germany