an industrial city in NW Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia at the confluence of the Rivers Rhine and Ruhr: one of the world's largest and busiest inland ports; university (1972). Pop: 506 496 (2003 est)
Duisburg in American English
(ˈdjusbɜrg; German ˈdysbʊʀk)
city in W Germany, at the junction of the Rhine & Ruhr rivers, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia: pop. 538,000