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Cuxhaven
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English
,+ (district)
Proper noun
en town/port/and/rural district (Landkreis) in s/Lower Saxony c/Germany.
German
de:,Landkreis +
Etymology
de first and second element. The first element may be equivalent to de Koog polder (from de osx kōg, from de gmw-pro *kaug) due to its geographical position at a mudflat; the second part looks equivalent to de Hafen harbor but can also be de Hof court, farm or even de Hag hedge in a form like de Gellershagen an informal subdistrict of Bielefeld.
Pronunciation
de [kʊksˈhaːfn̩]
de De-Cuxhaven.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
toponym
de town s/Lower Saxony c/Germany Cuxhaven
de rural district s/Lower Saxony c/Germany Cuxhaven
de historical till 1977 de independent town s/Lower Saxony c/Germany Cuxhaven
Declension
toponym
Derived terms
de Cuxhavener
de Cuxhavenerin